Kids

Sometimes, we say that the purpose of having kids is to continue the human race. While this is undeniably true, I wonder if the main reason might be to give life to this child, and that one… That would explain the disparity between the Catholic tendency to have lots of kids and the secular Western tendency to prevent having them, or get rid of them before they become a “problem.” Catholics love their children even before they’re born, and bring them into the world for their own good. Since this love for each child is unaltered by the number of previous children, good Catholic parents will never say, “man that one was too many.” Many irreligious parents, on the other hand, have the idea that they’re just perpetuating the race, and that if they have more than two kids, they’ll be throwing off the status quo.