Childless by choice

Have you consciously decided not to procreate? What kind of reaction has your decision gotten you from your family & peers?

Does the decision not to procreate make you a child hater?

Do people assume you’re barren or sterile, or infertile?

Are you the world’s most terrible human being because you don’t want a baby?

Here's what some of you on Twitter had to say:

@Azania_ better to adopt a child than to bring yet another one into the world.

— Gwendolyn Wellmann (@WellmannGwen) August 24, 2015

The bigger problem is with parents that have children but then drop them. @Radio702 @Azania_ pic.twitter.com/2MNKIhxGNG

— Kevin King (@djkevking) August 24, 2015

@Radio702 @Azania_ There enough parentless kids in the world. Adopt.

— Owen Mhandire (@OMhandire) August 24, 2015

@Radio702 @Azania_ LOL bt kids r expensive guys..I'm thinking yes hv kids bt plan b4 its nt a fashion everychild deserves a loving family

— Pam (@Shascopam) August 24, 2015

@Radio702 @Azania_ 140 characters not enough to explain reasons behind not wanting to have kids...but enjoying the topic being brought up 👍🏻

— Angelique Kriel (@Angvanreenen83) August 24, 2015

@Azania_ Not having children, or reducing the number of children, is a responsible decision in terms of environmental health of world.

— Gwendolyn Wellmann (@WellmannGwen) August 24, 2015

A lot more people are making this choice, and feel they needn’t justify nor explain their decision.

Listen as Azania Mosaka speaks to Clinical Psychologist Thabang Tlaka about how more and more people are taking the decision not to have kids these days.

Tlaka says, “This is something that is growing. But we experience the world in different ways.”