With respect to adoption vs. biological children, having your own child allows you more control over the circumstances and also means the child will probably share a some facets of your / your mate’s personality, in ways that are often surprising and pleasurable.
With respect to raising children in general, it’s intrinsically rewarding, like a mix of writing a book and being in love. Also, if you’re assuming the environment won’t radically change, having youth probably makes aging easier.
(I don’t have children, but have watched them being raised. Unsure of my own plans.)
Nope, not planning to go Spock. I also edited the original question now for clarification.
having your own child allows you more control over the circumstances
I’d like to see some evidence how much control I can have. You’re describing just the best case scenario, but having a child can also be incredibly exhausting if things go wrong.
I think you mean “humans”?
With respect to adoption vs. biological children, having your own child allows you more control over the circumstances and also means the child will probably share a some facets of your / your mate’s personality, in ways that are often surprising and pleasurable.
With respect to raising children in general, it’s intrinsically rewarding, like a mix of writing a book and being in love. Also, if you’re assuming the environment won’t radically change, having youth probably makes aging easier.
(I don’t have children, but have watched them being raised. Unsure of my own plans.)
Nope, not planning to go Spock. I also edited the original question now for clarification.
I’d like to see some evidence how much control I can have. You’re describing just the best case scenario, but having a child can also be incredibly exhausting if things go wrong.
Oh, okay. Sorry to misunderstand. (Also, I meant “control” as compared to the control one has when adopting.)
In that case, I have insufficient research for a meaningful answer. I guess one aught to start here or there or there, to get a rough idea?