If you think kids are luxury, look no further than the celibate societies…shakers for example. If you want your culture and values to perservere, children are a necessity! If you want fiscal responsibility to be the norm, teach your next generation yourself. Indoctrinating your kids is as old as time…they may rebel, but thats why you have lots of them. When they are adult consumers, it’s to late. Why do you think feminists are getting outnumbered? They stopped reproducing! for the good or the bad, the who reproduce affect the culture of the future.