@roryisms I think it's sweet that you would miss having children, but for those of us whose paternal instincts are not strong enough to adopt or surrogate, etc., there are usually some very satisfying alternatives.

Many in this group have nieces or nephews with whom they can spend time regularly, or at least on holiday get-togethers. As an only child, I don't have that option, but I have friends and neighbors with kids, and that works fine for me.

Sorry to hear that. My father is a bit distant but not that much and I still feel it affects me

Having children just to feel fulfilled is like having a trophy wife, well it's a trophy family to be exact. It's not good, because having a child for that purpose is useless, and could be extremely harmful. My advice: adopt/raise kids if you really do want kids to raise, but if you don't then just don't adopt any at all.

I know that this is done via sperm donation, but I'm not really sure if it's accurately possible. I don't like the idea of choosing the genders of the baby, but if you want to you can?
https://www.webmd.com/baby/features/choosing-sex-of-your-child#1

https://www.cnbc.com/2018/08/04/fertility-clinics-advertise-gender-selection-ethical-wuandary.html

Hope the article sources are reliable.

I have a cousin from another country, but I think that's it.

With the whole covid-19 going on? Hell yes.

@leeniedo:

It is irritating when people fill up the boards with this kind of stuff.

Agreed.  And most of these spam-topic posters don't realize that at five seedpoints per new topic, they would need a whopping 120 just to get to 600 points and a 10 GB reward.  Meanwhile, most of them have accrued deficits much deeper than that.

To the topic, yes, overpopulation worries me, how much more can we inflict on this planet?  And to bring it all around to this Parenthood board:

https://www.sciencefocus.com/planet-earth/human-overpopulation-can-having-fewer-children-really-make-a-difference/

https://www.bbc.com/worklife/article/20190920-the-couples-reconsidering-kids-because-of-climate-change

I know a LOT of gay guys who have tried very hard to have children, but unfortunately, males are unable to get pregnant.  I encourage guys to keep trying though!

Once they figure out a way in which males can get pregnant, then we won't need females anymore - other than to cook food, wash clothes, and clean the house.

In fact, I don't mind cooking food, but still need females to clean the dirty dishes.

@greymon:

How do I defuse this comment and make it understandable that we are both MEN so we both wear pants lol ?.

Eh, just tell 'em you switch it up every blood moon.

@jealkeja:

You can't prevent bullying for any particular detail. When a kid wants to make fun of another kid, the details are irrelevant. Bullies are sharks, they will find whatever detail makes someone unusual and relentlessly tease them for it.

What's important isn't making them immune to bullies, but making them the kind of person that people don't want to bully.

But how or what can we do this? I am not father already, but think about how a kid can be bullied because of the parents sexuality freaks me out. Specially because as I fight against  a depression illness, I got totally worried if the kid (s) can, because of the bullying, got depressed too.

Currently, Canada does not allow paid surrogacy.  It does happen though.  However, the government is looking into allowing surrogacy under some strict regulations.