Stop Having Kids Hate Kids & Parents Refuted

Stop Having Kids is an anti-procreation movement that puts priority on existing life, but that doesn’t mean we hate people who have kids, nor does it mean we hate their kids. Look at our outreach signs, website and blog pages, or social media posts, and you’ll see that we refuse to include content that is hateful or mean-spirited towards parents or their children. 

We all used to be kids, and hating people on the basis of their age is wrong.  Furthermore, promoting non-biological parenting (fostering and adopting) does not equate to any type of harm towards people who are bio parents or who want to become bio parents. We don’t shame people for having kids and we don’t promote shaming people for having kids.

This might be hard for some to believe, but parents have been some of the top supporters of SHK. It’s not uncommon for parents to thank us, even in front of their kids, and tell us that they agree. We’ve had parents tell us they wish they saw us sooner and we’ve had some join us in our outreach demonstrations. When parents have given us the opportunity to speak to kids about what SHK is, the kids usually seem to understand the point (to the level that we explain it) and they don’t get upset as they realize that we aren’t against them purely for being kids and we are there to encourage people to help existing kids like them who are in less fortunate situations. 

All humans start as kids, hence the anti-procreation name Stop Having Kids. SHK is against perpetuating the human species, which means we embrace and promote as close to a full stop on producing new humans as possible. Nobody is harmed by not coming into existence, but existing kids in need of major life improvement continue to be harmed since the world at large still prioritizes birthing the unborn rather than helping the already existing and in need. We are encouraging humans to think of the well-being of younger generations, regardless of their own parental status, and we think that is a worthy cause.