A doting father on the pros and cons of parenthood... For Sunday Miscellany on RTÉ Radio 1, listen to The Argument for Children, by Rory Gleeson above.
There are to my mind just two reasons to have children.
Reason A: They are lovely.
Reason B: You will need them when you are older, to care for you, to wash you, to check in on you. This will be their duty. The future needs a workforce and until automated beings can care adequately for us, children will be needed...
Listen to more from Sunday Miscellany here.