CMV: Childfree people SHOULD feel entitled to inherit our parent's wealth whether or not we have siblings
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I would love to have a serious discussion on this topic as most walls of text and personal anecdotes do not work on me. Please send me your best arguments. I liked this sub because I see a lot of thought out and intellectual posts. The following is why I hold this view.<br><br>A common argument I also see is that parents have a right to decide who gets their inheritance. However, if they choose to have multiple children, it is their responsibility to provide for all their children, including their childfree ones. If a childfree person does not want to continue their family's lineage/ legacy, than it is the parent's responsibility to accept that and not punish them for it. Also, I am referring to immediate inheritance, not money you receive throughout your life. For example, a father passes when you are 10, and his wealth goes to you and your sibling. The money the sibling uses to fund their children is not their money, it is their parent's money. With this logic, when the sibling dies, they should also divide the money they have left equally between their children AND you. If this is not the case, why should the first generation of inheritance not also be divided equally. <br><br>In my personal life, I have encountered this issue. My parents have already stated we will all be receiving an equal amount of inheritance. My siblings have stated they will be using this money to fund their children's college, their weddings, etc. All of their children's lives will be changed with my parent's money. I am also my parent's child and deserve to enjoy this money. They also do not care that I am childfree and have stated they want to help their grandchildren. With this perspective, my sibling's children have more of a right to my parent's money than I do, their childfree sibling. I do not think the decision to have children should come with monetary benefits. <br><br>I do not think childfree people need to justify why we do or do not want children. However, I will explain why I am childfree if it changes your perspective. I am childfree because I do not want to have children. I do not hate children and I do love my niece and nephew. However, I do not want to have kids of my own. One reason for this is money. As stated before, I do not want money to be a reason to have kids. If I were to become wealthy without inheriting any money, than I would happily spend my own money on children. I do not want my children's lives to be changed with my parent's money. Another reason is I believe a parent can only really focus on two children maximum and really give them everything they need. I have seen this in my own life when my mom could only focus her attention and help on one child at a time. I do not want to have more than two children and can only see myself having one. My last reason is I just do not want children. I do not know why. I just do not want to have children. With this, I do not have children. <br><br>Thank you for reading through this, and I look forward to hearing your thoughts. <br><br>Edit: Please read the post before commenting your "single line of reasoning". This is not a new post and I have already seen virtually every comment on this post. Thank you for the awards, but please read the post or interact with the comments first. <br><br>Edit 2: I have seen a few comments saying things like "it's not my parent's fault I am childfree". However, if a parent has multiple children, it is their responsibility to provide for all their children. This does not change if one of them is childfree.
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