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  • 🌟Do you or someone you know struggle with the traditional (yet false) idea of legacy? Leaving behind a legacy does not need to involve DNA. It’s so much more. 💪🏼
    #childfree #childfreebychoice #childfreeforlife

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  • @txlyons2937
    @txlyons2937 9 місяців тому +158

    As a childfree bachelor, I've never understood other men's desperate obsession with their "legacies." Nobody cares.

    • @tacoexpressSEEDEEholeeveryones
      @tacoexpressSEEDEEholeeveryones 9 місяців тому

      Nozzle

    • @NightmareB4Krismas
      @NightmareB4Krismas 8 місяців тому +22

      A lot of them just can’t accept the fact that 99% of them aren’t going to leave any kind of legacy, they see other men walking past them with their families every day and don’t know, care, or will ever remember them. Most people won’t, it’s the unfortunate truth many can’t deal with, and I understand the biological reason behind it, but still, they need to learn to just deal with it. Kudos to you.

    • @dannavalentin46
      @dannavalentin46 2 місяці тому +13

      @@txlyons2937 having kids is not the legacy, making history is a legacy.

    • @calmhorizons
      @calmhorizons 10 днів тому +1

      When people make this argument I ask them for the names of Einstein's parents and children.

  • @Taylor-f5s
    @Taylor-f5s 6 місяців тому +34

    Why would I want to suffer mentally just to be a mother when I can be happy healthy and free

    • @mj-rg9kp
      @mj-rg9kp 20 днів тому

      Because through suffering, you are able to become more loving and a person god wants you to be

    • @Taylor-f5s
      @Taylor-f5s 20 днів тому

      @@mj-rg9kpwhat a good way to make people mentally unstable and sick.not only do that leave people mentally sick but emotionally mentally and physically. Did you know people who are mentally unstable are also capable of self harm or harm of others.

    • @DeneseJamerson
      @DeneseJamerson 13 днів тому

      ​. That is soooo wrong! You don't need to suffer to be a "good" person! Hehehehehe!

  • @ThisQuietStorm
    @ThisQuietStorm 9 місяців тому +61

    My grandmother left a legacy in the work she did as a teacher and a civil rights activist. Yes she had kids but that’s not her legacy. Her legacy is then impact she had on the world around her.

  • @abbitricarico3022
    @abbitricarico3022 Рік тому +291

    I love that break down! A legacy is about you being remembered and in the actions you do, not your children.

    • @TheChildfreeConnection
      @TheChildfreeConnection  Рік тому +18

      100%

    • @beigenegress2979
      @beigenegress2979 Рік тому +23

      Exactly! Few of ppls kids are fit for bragging about anyway.

    • @pharma37
      @pharma37 Рік тому +2

      @@beigenegress2979 I brag about all 5 of mine.

    • @beigenegress2979
      @beigenegress2979 Рік тому +2

      @pharma37 I didn’t say ppl don’t brag about their kids and aren’t proud of them.

    • @CarynDPrescott
      @CarynDPrescott 7 місяців тому +1

      ​@@pharma37As you should. Never play favorites or it'll bite you in the ass when you get old.

  • @thewholeyou
    @thewholeyou 8 місяців тому +27

    Having a child is not legacy that's your lineage. Your legacy is what you've built up that you are leaving behind to be know for. When you effect humanity in such a way you will be remembered! ❤

  • @Seriksy
    @Seriksy Рік тому +185

    Yes I feel this way. I'm a male and don't want kids, but I do want to help kids in need

    • @Seriksy
      @Seriksy Рік тому +16

      @@AM-uj1pq I could not agree more! Just because one decides to be child free doesn't mean him or she are devoid of emotions and are only selfish

    • @christins.1481
      @christins.1481 Рік тому +24

      I was able to help a child into college.
      This was over 10 years ago. He was part of a Job Shadowing program with my work. He worked with me and would show me his digital work using a mouse but his works were lacking because of using a mouse.
      He couldn't afford anything and at that point generic digital tablets was just starting to come out at reasonable prices. So, with me being a digital artist. I had plenty to spare.
      I gave him one of my older tablets. Gave him an old Paint program and a link for online tutorials on how to use all the features.
      He was grateful. Then was coming in with better products.
      Thing is, I had to grade his performance which had to back to the school and under notes, I would note how is has an eye for art and he's wanting to take his art to another step.
      Few months later he stopped showing for work. Then a year later he comes in giving me a hug and saying "thanks".
      The school took note of my notes. Looked into him in what he was wanting to do with his future and he was able to gain a scholarship. He was currently attending college in the arts which was his dream.
      ---
      I have no children nor do I want any.

    • @serenity_in_reverie
      @serenity_in_reverie Рік тому +8

      you and some ppl who left comments here, put a smile on my face. thank you 🖤
      im not into kids, i don't want kids, but i often got dreams where i helped kids that aren't mine and i felt joy in there.

    • @hello-sz7hp
      @hello-sz7hp 10 місяців тому

      @@Seriksydidi.. graduate

    • @tacoexpressSEEDEEholeeveryones
      @tacoexpressSEEDEEholeeveryones 10 місяців тому

      @@christins.1481round college noises humming

  • @basicbase749
    @basicbase749 8 місяців тому +26

    Humans and their obsession with leaving a mediocre “legacies” behind😂😂😂

    • @obrnc0920
      @obrnc0920 2 місяці тому +2

      👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

    • @Blondie77128
      @Blondie77128 Місяць тому

      Exactly! This idea of leaving a legacy is some narcissistic nonsense.

  • @brittneysperspective8433
    @brittneysperspective8433 Рік тому +155

    Oprah Winfrey proved that. And that’s why they hating.

    • @RoseTheRealest
      @RoseTheRealest Рік тому

      You have reproductive organs for a reason

    • @Slavkleos
      @Slavkleos Рік тому

      What?

    • @collinsa8909
      @collinsa8909 Рік тому +2

      Oprah has no kids?

    • @CordeliaWagner
      @CordeliaWagner Рік тому

      Oprah is a disgustingly greedy wealthhoarder.
      A billionaire asking normal people to donate for the place where the billionaire owns a big chunk of the infrastructure.
      AND she hoasted a mindless dumb talkshow, so she did more harm than good.

    • @hello-sz7hp
      @hello-sz7hp 10 місяців тому

      @@collinsa8909there’s a line of night lights

  • @SeptMG7
    @SeptMG7 11 місяців тому +11

    You can also help much more people and more time to contribute building a more peaceful world when being childfree, idk some people think it is selfish, really like the message 👍🏼

  • @freeinghumanitynow
    @freeinghumanitynow Рік тому +38

    Most parents will reject this. They have kids for their own selfish reasons. Trying to explain to them that they shouldn't force their poor, put upon children to carry on their legacy is useless. Too many narcissistic folks having kids is the problem.

    • @tropicsgalthrifts
      @tropicsgalthrifts 10 місяців тому +10

      This is unfortunately true. Those people aren't even (self) aware how horrible they are as people (to themselves and to others/their own fam etc).

    • @Jae-by3hf
      @Jae-by3hf 3 місяці тому +1

      Facts 💯

    • @dannavalentin46
      @dannavalentin46 2 місяці тому +1

      Ur spitting fax 100%
      I agree with u

    • @Blondie77128
      @Blondie77128 Місяць тому +1

      Well said! 👏🏻

  • @ChildFreeLee
    @ChildFreeLee Рік тому +8

    I love this. I can leave a legacy by getting a building or park named after me, creating a film, creating a business that impacts people and being apart of the village as an auntie. I literally just had this conversation with people, especially with some of my guy friends that recently asked me to be the mother of their kids and claim that your bloodline will die if you don't have kids. First and for most leave your childfree friend alone. Secondly, I don't care about that, my mom is one of 11 (2 passed away) and my grandpa is one of 12. My bloodline is good, and if we die out at some point, we die out.

    • @reflectcard6258
      @reflectcard6258 11 місяців тому

      ​@@suptumberlumbertumberlumbe9305what you mean with this Expression? In other words

  • @ferndog1461
    @ferndog1461 5 місяців тому +8

    Around my late twenties, half my friends were living apart from their kids . They had to pay child support, and only had $ left to live in a grimy apartment in the bad side of town.
    Remember, marriages are NOT destroyed by INFIDELITY. It's FINANCAL problems that cause the divorce to happen.

    • @Hardawayfits
      @Hardawayfits 5 місяців тому +2

      So true. Financial problems is the reason for alot of things in world😢

  • @kingofsimps7770
    @kingofsimps7770 2 місяці тому +5

    When people say "have kids to continue your legacy" they aren't talking about adoption. They are only talking about reproducing because they believe their genes are special and superior to others. Reproducing helps fuel their ego, that's why narcissists breed the most.

  • @ausetqadesha
    @ausetqadesha 10 місяців тому +6

    Amen.... this is a full word. ❤❤❤

  • @christyviolet926
    @christyviolet926 Місяць тому

    Thank you for posting this for us! It's soooo liberating for us. 🌟

  • @JuliaShalomJordan
    @JuliaShalomJordan Рік тому +60

    This is very comforting and encouraging.❤

  • @mya.xoxo_
    @mya.xoxo_ Рік тому +18

    very little of us should be questioning having a legacy. almost every single one of us aren’t important enough to have a legacy. we’re average everyday humans, doing average (and almost useless for the world) things, living average lives. we should have a legacy- for doing what?

    • @collinsa8909
      @collinsa8909 Рік тому +6

      These average joes and susans can touch lives in their little universes. They can strive to be the best at whatever it is the do.

    • @hello-sz7hp
      @hello-sz7hp 9 місяців тому

      @@collinsa8909 sugar and calm honey

    • @NightmareB4Krismas
      @NightmareB4Krismas 8 місяців тому +1

      @@collinsa8909They can and should of course, but that doesn’t mean their going to leave a legacy unless they do something world changing, and most people aren’t gonna be able to do that. It’s the reality most don’t wanna accept.

  • @redredred8408
    @redredred8408 10 місяців тому +3

    What a woonderful feeling a thumbs up.. Shoulders back.. Knees together... Arms out..

  • @vidhead85
    @vidhead85 Рік тому +18

    A legacy is about you, not your children. When people talk about a legacy w those terms, I know they won't leave one of their own

  • @Red-Jones
    @Red-Jones 9 місяців тому +5

    A great message.
    I'm not particularly concerned about legacies or any of that nonsense. I just detest the idea of parenthood.

  • @alysononoahu8702
    @alysononoahu8702 10 місяців тому +3

    My love is my legacy. Its not grandiose. Just regular❤❤❤❤❤❤

  • @CordeliaWagner1999
    @CordeliaWagner1999 9 місяців тому +5

    I am not interested in a legacy.
    Right now there are over 8.000.000.000.000 people alive.
    Nope, I don't consider myself as important.
    Yeah, I strive to make this world a better place.
    But None of the Legends did what they did because of "want legacy" but because they were driven by something bigger than themselves. Not petty pseky "I want to be remembered by family members!".

  • @suzettewilliams1758
    @suzettewilliams1758 Рік тому +7

    I'll be leaving a legacy to the charities I wish to help in my will. This help will also include help for childrens charities especially those helping girls and women with education and health especially in the developing world.

  • @zxcv7641
    @zxcv7641 9 місяців тому +6

    I’m not interested in leaving a legacy

  • @halehomeschool9964
    @halehomeschool9964 3 місяці тому +1

    As a mom, it makes sense. Anyone thinking kids are a legacy is special.

  • @ConnieFoster1
    @ConnieFoster1 9 місяців тому +8

    Who cares about leaving behind a legacy?

  • @PAL5041
    @PAL5041 Рік тому +9

    Ppl saying children are their lagacy is basically them pinning all their future achievements on them cuz they cudnt achieve it in their life time. Its them scapegoating their own failures.

    • @PAL5041
      @PAL5041 Рік тому

      @@suptumberlumbertumberlumbe9305 if u did that, and the insurance company gets to know that, they aren't paying a cent towards ur burning house.
      So by that accord its illegal in ur own mind, the penalty is high.

    • @queeniequeen949
      @queeniequeen949 8 місяців тому +1

      THIS!!!!

  • @kujayasinghe9199
    @kujayasinghe9199 Рік тому +3

    Sir, you are sooo cute! ❤

  • @bennewman4675
    @bennewman4675 Рік тому +10

    If God wants everyone to have kids like some people say or believe. Then why do we get some people who can't have kids ?

  • @ContrarianExpatriate
    @ContrarianExpatriate Рік тому +5

    I created a living revocable trust which will leave over a million dollars to my favorite charities and causes. That will be my legacy.

  • @PowerOfAIandMotivation
    @PowerOfAIandMotivation Рік тому +7

    Exactly exactly exactly💯
    A child is a new human, a new soul, no matter what anyone says. A person has control over the genetics meaning the body of that human and how it might look like and the kind of health they could have and even this one not always have control over but the most important thing is the soul, no one has control over that and so a devilish bad kind of soul could pop up or a kind one, no one knows and no one can ever know, it's a serious gamble no one gets to choose from and they're busy highlighting it as the best thing, they're just going after the feelings with no actual awareness.

  • @dannavalentin46
    @dannavalentin46 2 місяці тому +1

    I don’t even know my great-grandmother’s name what the heck? So what’s the point of leaving a legacy with children? Legacy comes in ♾️ forms.

  • @gregoryames
    @gregoryames Рік тому +7

    Ime already 52 years old I've never been married and I have never had kids I've been child free all my life and I have long ago made the ultimate decision when I was a young teenager and I have decided I will be child free forever I just could not take on the responsibility of raising a child and ime just not interested in kids they don't excite me or make me happy and I feel very glad and happy I only have myself to take care of

  • @RD-iq1bj
    @RD-iq1bj Місяць тому

    Children or not, the majority of us will all be forgotten within 3 generations at most. So take it easy both parents and non parents! Enjoy life how you see fit!

  • @suzannemcvicker617
    @suzannemcvicker617 3 місяці тому +4

    The concept of leaving a legacy is narcissistic.

  • @CordeliaWagner1999
    @CordeliaWagner1999 9 місяців тому +4

    Betty White was childfree.

  • @sarajaved5552
    @sarajaved5552 2 місяці тому +1

    Perfect sense!!!!!!!!!!!

  • @bumbleberryshortcake6099
    @bumbleberryshortcake6099 11 місяців тому +2

    Adding this on: your children are NOT your legacy!
    They may choose to partake in it. But they may refuse. What if your kid hardly interacts with you and is wildly different from you? Is that still your legacy?

    • @TheChildfreeConnection
      @TheChildfreeConnection  11 місяців тому

      Yes, so many different scenarios can cause the parent's hope of legacy to go in a different direction.

  • @priyankapriyanka5890
    @priyankapriyanka5890 Місяць тому

    Cool sir

  • @jaynewallace8592
    @jaynewallace8592 2 місяці тому

    I need this on a T shirt

  • @nomg563
    @nomg563 2 місяці тому

    Beautifully articulated. ❤

  • @denesejamerson2356
    @denesejamerson2356 Рік тому +10

    Ask the parents of Jeff Dahmer, J.W. Gacey, R. Ramirez, Mendez brothers, and other serial killers.

    • @hello-sz7hp
      @hello-sz7hp 10 місяців тому

      Thumbs up.. shoulders back.. knees together.. arms out.. chit chat chit chat chat now sway..

    • @yoleeisbored
      @yoleeisbored 9 місяців тому +4

      Chris watts, Nancy lanza, klebolds and Harris,

  • @saragirma6577
    @saragirma6577 Рік тому +2

    That is exactly what i have told my mother. The way to leave a legacy to make a difference in world, community and a nation

  • @queeniequeen949
    @queeniequeen949 8 місяців тому +4

    I had someone ask me what legacy I would leave if I didn’t have kids. TBH legacy means NOTHING to me because first of all this world and everything in it will pass away (Revelation 21:1 and 1 John 2:15-17). Second of all I didn’t ask to be here. All I ever do is work jobs that I don’t even care for in order to pay bills and survive. This place is ghetto!! 😂😂😂😂😂😂

    • @queeniequeen949
      @queeniequeen949 8 місяців тому +3

      @@NajBilyI totally agree with this!!! There are so many people who want sex with NO COMMITMENT long term and children left and right but don’t want to be married. I REFUSE to be one of those people!!! 💯💯💯💯💯

    • @dannavalentin46
      @dannavalentin46 2 місяці тому

      Smart

  • @CordeliaWagner1999
    @CordeliaWagner1999 9 місяців тому +2

    Look at all the evil people who have or had children....

  • @CordeliaWagner1999
    @CordeliaWagner1999 9 місяців тому +3

    Michael Jackson isn't famous for being a father.

  • @CordeliaWagner1999
    @CordeliaWagner1999 9 місяців тому +2

    Anybody heary about Albert Einstein's children aka his "Legacy"???

    • @dannavalentin46
      @dannavalentin46 2 місяці тому

      Ik Albert Einstein but hell I never knew he even had kids! So I see ur point, and I 100% agree with you.

  • @misslrose841
    @misslrose841 Рік тому +2

    How is having children a legacy? Some please explain, how is a child a legacy???

    • @TheChildfreeConnection
      @TheChildfreeConnection  11 місяців тому +2

      Yes, let us know what they say. 😂

    • @queeniequeen949
      @queeniequeen949 8 місяців тому +3

      Actually legacy and children are two different things. A child is a human being. Legacy is a property or everlasting impact you leave behind for a child after you die. People tend to get the two mixed up which is annoying.

  • @nwalden5744
    @nwalden5744 8 місяців тому

    Thanks you

  • @laughoutmeow
    @laughoutmeow Місяць тому

    No one’s gonna remember who you are in 2 generations and even the echos of your actions will fade in time. Also not like it matters since you will be dead and u aware anyways. I’m just going to enjoy my life

  • @CordeliaWagner1999
    @CordeliaWagner1999 9 місяців тому +1

    Do Michael Jackson's kids do something "legacy"?

  • @Saberking875
    @Saberking875 8 місяців тому +1

    I don’t think that is remotely accurate, being polite isn’t significant enough for people to remember across generations especially in a society as socially isolated as USA. If you were in 3rd world country, which are far more socially active than the US is, that is much more likely to hold true. It’s more important to be useful to others which again isn’t really a thing in the hyper individualistic USA. Also children aren’t a legacy

  • @JusticeBajaj
    @JusticeBajaj 9 місяців тому

    "You need to have kids to leave your legacy behind"
    Alexander the great : 💀

  • @Blondie77128
    @Blondie77128 Місяць тому

    Within the context, it makes total sense. However, what’s with this concept and idea of “legacy”? Truly sounds so narcissistic. Just be, just live your life and find meaning within it. Why are we being obsessed with leaving a legacy so that others notice and talk about you long after you depart? 🙄 More narcissism pervasiveness impacting society. Oh but make sure to “brand” yourself and your “legacy”. FFS society is circling the drain, social media polluting everything

  • @stevenroshni1228
    @stevenroshni1228 Рік тому +4

    You don't need children to have buildings with your name on them

    • @hello-sz7hp
      @hello-sz7hp 10 місяців тому

      Which lightbulb burns out first?!?! The red lamp in the bedroom or the oval light in the office?

    • @dannavalentin46
      @dannavalentin46 2 місяці тому

      Yours

    • @dannavalentin46
      @dannavalentin46 2 місяці тому

      @@hello-sz7hp yours

  • @bodhisattva2348
    @bodhisattva2348 Рік тому +1

    Just ask oprah

    • @hello-sz7hp
      @hello-sz7hp 10 місяців тому

      which lamp burns out first… IN THE DARK?!?! Red lamp or oval light..

    • @dannavalentin46
      @dannavalentin46 2 місяці тому

      @@hello-sz7hp yours

    • @dannavalentin46
      @dannavalentin46 2 місяці тому

      @@hello-sz7hp yours

  • @CordeliaWagner1999
    @CordeliaWagner1999 9 місяців тому

    Heidi Klum's daughter does highly xsualized dessous advertising with her mother.
    I guess that's "legacy".

  • @newglof9558
    @newglof9558 8 місяців тому +3

    unless you do something truly extraordinary (which 99.999% of childfree people won't), childfree people have no legacy. it really is that simple

    • @dannavalentin46
      @dannavalentin46 2 місяці тому

      Oprah Winfrey: Am I a joke to you?

    • @dannavalentin46
      @dannavalentin46 2 місяці тому

      @@newglof9558 said the one who loves having sex 24/7
      You nasty dude

  • @Slavkleos
    @Slavkleos 2 місяці тому

    The coping is real.

  • @rilwanj
    @rilwanj Рік тому +2

    My legacy would to make disciples for the kingdom of God, and do the same with my kids

    • @rilwanj
      @rilwanj Рік тому

      @@suptumberlumbertumberlumbe9305 I don’t understand the symbolism

    • @CordeliaWagner1999
      @CordeliaWagner1999 9 місяців тому +1

      Can you prove your god exists?
      Can he save children from prostitution trafficking or end the war in Israel?

  • @Quinu12
    @Quinu12 Рік тому

    The two are not related. My children are the best and hardest part of my life.

    • @hello-sz7hp
      @hello-sz7hp 10 місяців тому

      Which timer stops ticking first

    • @CordeliaWagner1999
      @CordeliaWagner1999 9 місяців тому

      How many people care about your children?

    • @dannavalentin46
      @dannavalentin46 2 місяці тому

      @@CordeliaWagner1999nice comeback

  • @andrepastor4844
    @andrepastor4844 Рік тому

    Fine leave a legacy, you still have not fulfilled your most basic function and purpose for living which is to produce a strong, wise and loving family to stay on earth and do good after you’re dead and gone.

    • @TheChildfreeConnection
      @TheChildfreeConnection  11 місяців тому +4

      Yes. According to you.

    • @andrepastor4844
      @andrepastor4844 11 місяців тому

      @@TheChildfreeConnection No… according to God, nature, and the basic laws of biology and survival. It’s also Child less not child free.

    • @CactusCowboyDan
      @CactusCowboyDan 11 місяців тому +2

      @@andrepastor4844God isn’t real. And nature doesn’t care if you’re childfree or not.
      Nobody has a “purpose” to reproduce. Just because we have the tools doesn’t mean all of us want to use them.
      Unless you can actually counter his facts you have nothing to say here.
      PS: Jesus and Leonardo Di Vinci didn’t have kids.

    • @CordeliaWagner1999
      @CordeliaWagner1999 9 місяців тому +3

      Jesus was childfree. Married too.
      Jesus didn't leave ",legacy" or "loving famkly". But he is a role Model for almost 2 Billion people of the Christian faith.

    • @queeniequeen949
      @queeniequeen949 8 місяців тому

      @@CordeliaWagner1999THIS!!!

  • @beigenegress2979
    @beigenegress2979 Рік тому +597

    Children are descendants. Your children are not a legacy.

    • @TolerantAcceptingModernCommuni
      @TolerantAcceptingModernCommuni Рік тому +6

      They are both a legacy and descendants.

    • @beigenegress2979
      @beigenegress2979 Рік тому +70

      @@TolerantAcceptingModernCommuni No.

    • @TolerantAcceptingModernCommuni
      @TolerantAcceptingModernCommuni Рік тому +3

      @@beigenegress2979
      Well you aren't wrong, you will have no legacy and children clearly, but for me, and us healthy people, we will have kids and a legacy by God's will.

    • @AlexLawSG
      @AlexLawSG Рік тому

      ​@@TolerantAcceptingModernCommuni I like how you said "us healthy people" as if you are any better for having unprotected sex. Apart from being brainwashed by religion you my guy are delusional.

    • @collinsa8909
      @collinsa8909 Рік тому +15

      ​@@TolerantAcceptingModernCommuniwhat dyu mean by us healthy people? Child free ain't healthy ppl

  • @Kattlarv
    @Kattlarv Рік тому +122

    Not to mention: Children are HORRIBLE legacies.
    99,999 % of the time, it's "Hi, I'm Bob."
    NO-ONE will go OMG! Bob? Son of Greg Stevenson?!"
    Most people your kids interact with won't even know you exist.

    • @γιουργια
      @γιουργια Рік тому +23

      Exactly lol
      If you want legacy,you should do something that will leave a mark to the world

  • @NightmareB4Krismas
    @NightmareB4Krismas 8 місяців тому +43

    The reality that most people don’t want to accept is that, 99% of people don’t leave any kind of a legacy behind, unless they do something world changing which is of course rare .

    • @BitterSong28
      @BitterSong28 8 місяців тому +3

      Like the Virgin Mary’s legacy who is Jesus Christ.
      Her legacy changed the world.

    • @Blondie77128
      @Blondie77128 Місяць тому

      @@BitterSong28🙄

    • @Blondie77128
      @Blondie77128 Місяць тому

      Thanks to point this out. I keep hearing more about leaving a legacy as a life goal or life norm. Sounds like BS marketing catering to narcissism.

    • @DeneseJamerson
      @DeneseJamerson 13 днів тому

      They leave a legacy to their friends, family, and anyone whose lives they touched.

  • @stukale9979
    @stukale9979 Рік тому +169

    We shouldn't be having children to serve as a legacy for ourselves. That doesn't sound ryt.

  • @antinatalope
    @antinatalope Рік тому +39

    If you define 'legacy' as the mess you leave behind, I'm not into that.

    • @beaulieuc8910
      @beaulieuc8910 Рік тому +9

      Haha and bad genetics

    • @reflectcard6258
      @reflectcard6258 11 місяців тому

      ​@@beaulieuc8910if I say I have bad genetics 🧬, I'll be forced to admit that I was brainwashed by an eugenist agenda, the funny part is, these who's gonna acuse me of that, are the ones in favor or abort

    • @hello-sz7hp
      @hello-sz7hp 10 місяців тому

      @@reflectcard6258which lamp burns out first.. IN THE DARK?!?! the glowing true red lamp with strings that has a danny reflection on the ceiling from it.. OR… The people alarm light balance bud like the lightbrary in the same room the jesse party smiling pen is?!!? 😬😬

  • @Chick4choice
    @Chick4choice Місяць тому +8

    45 yr old child-free woman…. We are all eventually forgotten by time. Do good works while you live…who cares about the rest? We’re all soon to be worm food.

  • @Rue100
    @Rue100 Рік тому +53

    HAVING CHILDREN IS MOST DEFINITELY NOT THE END ALLLL BE ALL ....THERE'S ABSOLUTELY NOTHINGGGGGG WRONG WITH CHOOSING NOT YO HAVE CHILDREN

    • @thomasshort1784
      @thomasshort1784 Рік тому +8

      @Rue100 I couldn't agree more! Sometimes, it's even better to be an uncle or aunt (not to mention, more FUN)!

    • @tacoexpressSEEDEEholeeveryones
      @tacoexpressSEEDEEholeeveryones 10 місяців тому

      @@thomasshort1784thumbs up.. Shoulders back... (Round gray rainimmediatedrops come into place)

    • @queeniequeen949
      @queeniequeen949 8 місяців тому +1

      This!!!! 💯💯💯💯💯

    • @dannavalentin46
      @dannavalentin46 2 місяці тому +1

      As a 17 yr old I’ll love my niece as much as my imaginary children I’ll never have.

  • @adamromero
    @adamromero Рік тому +30

    I don't understand why people care about "legacy" to begin with.

    • @TheChildfreeConnection
      @TheChildfreeConnection  Рік тому +11

      I don't either.

    • @collinsa8909
      @collinsa8909 Рік тому +4

      Actually it's the closest they can come to immortality. Almost everyone wants to leave forever,since that's not possible or feasible the closest to fulfilling that desire is to leave a mark in d world, spawn themselves through children or live on in ppls minds thru their works. It's a primal need

    • @hello-sz7hp
      @hello-sz7hp 9 місяців тому

      @@collinsa8909 mad buffalo bed

    • @NightmareB4Krismas
      @NightmareB4Krismas 8 місяців тому +6

      @@collinsa8909They’ll be too dead to care.

    • @antinatalistwitch111
      @antinatalistwitch111 4 місяці тому

      People wana live forever... oh the horror. ​@@collinsa8909

  • @EadsB7002
    @EadsB7002 6 місяців тому +13

    legacy means SO MUCH MORE than just leaving children behind...let's broaden our thinking people!

    • @obrnc0920
      @obrnc0920 2 місяці тому +4

      They can’t! 🐑🐑🐑🐑🐑

    • @EadsB7002
      @EadsB7002 2 місяці тому +4

      @@obrnc0920 right? 😂 the sheep said baaaaaaaahhhhh

    • @Blondie77128
      @Blondie77128 Місяць тому +1

      Actually it has nothing to do with breeding. Anyone can breed. Friends of ours adopted two lovely children from drug addicts. They reproduced and are still struggling drug addicts so what’s their legacy 🙄

    • @dess5362
      @dess5362 16 днів тому

      ​@@Blondie77128
      Being a POS and ruining their children's childhood but I don't think that's something to brag about lmao

  • @robbyrob8349
    @robbyrob8349 Рік тому +63

    I’m 44 years old, never married, no children. When I die, my nephews will inherit everything I have. Therefore, I don’t need to have children to leave a legacy. Plus, having children doesn’t mean that you’re not going to end up alone. I know a lot of children that don’t give a crap about their parents, don’t even talk or see their parents, don’t even go to the parents funeral.

    • @TolerantAcceptingModernCommuni
      @TolerantAcceptingModernCommuni Рік тому +2

      Lol, you think your nephews will give you a legacy, nah mate, their lineage be void of your name.

    • @thispersonrighthere9024
      @thispersonrighthere9024 Рік тому +13

      ​@@TolerantAcceptingModernCommunilol yes, they are part of her legacy because they have around 25% of her DNA.

    • @TolerantAcceptingModernCommuni
      @TolerantAcceptingModernCommuni Рік тому +1

      @@thispersonrighthere9024
      No they don't, I understand what you are getting at, but legacy is through lineage.

    • @thispersonrighthere9024
      @thispersonrighthere9024 Рік тому +12

      @@TolerantAcceptingModernCommuni well, i disagree. one's nephew is genetically similar to one's grandchild (25% DNA, on average). a grandparent helping out a grandchild is securing his/her legacy, and i see an uncle or aunt helping out a nephew as the same.

    • @twilight6779
      @twilight6779 Рік тому

      Can you blame them?

  • @melfreemans
    @melfreemans Рік тому +23

    I chose to serve in the military rather than having children. My legacy is your freedom.

    • @TheChildfreeConnection
      @TheChildfreeConnection  Рік тому +2

      Legacy comes in many forms for sure. Thank you for your service! 🧡

    • @user-it1mw6fz1i
      @user-it1mw6fz1i Рік тому +1

      I can assure you your military service has nothing to with anyones "freedom". Sounds good though keep telling yourself that

    • @reflectcard6258
      @reflectcard6258 11 місяців тому +3

      Get rid of the terrors abroad with strength and haste, semper fi.
      Thanks for your service 👍🏾

    • @BlairWytch74
      @BlairWytch74 Місяць тому

      @@user-it1mw6fz1idoesn’t matter what you think “you assure”. You don’t matter in this persons life or career, but keep telling yourself you do!

    • @DeneseJamerson
      @DeneseJamerson 13 днів тому

      THANK YOU for your service!

  • @ErichHernaniFisio
    @ErichHernaniFisio 3 місяці тому +4

    Child are not legacy, NOBODY are remembered for their kids nobody

  • @tcarter_cartert
    @tcarter_cartert Рік тому +49

    Love this! I think people have a narrow view of what legacy actually means. Thank you for sharing!

  • @ONLYLOVEIZATION
    @ONLYLOVEIZATION Рік тому +50

    My legacy is to not cause suffering to a child by bringing it into such a cruel world.

  • @jackcarraway4707
    @jackcarraway4707 Рік тому +19

    I'm too busy being dead to care about "lEgAcY"

  • @beaulieuc8910
    @beaulieuc8910 Рік тому +19

    Bad genetics is a legacy. It's also not necessary to leave a legacy

  • @ChildfreeLiving
    @ChildfreeLiving Рік тому +21

    100% Agree!!! Leaving a legacy by having a child is putting excess pressure on that child - which isn’t fair.

  • @jeffrey24415
    @jeffrey24415 5 місяців тому +4

    Makes total sense.

  • @Sweet_Dee
    @Sweet_Dee 3 місяці тому +3

    Children are whole living beings and grow into free-thinking individuals. Raising children is an important and noble task that some people are called to, but doing so for your own legacy is selfish imo. Truly, not everyone needs to become a parent just like not everyone needs to become a doctor. There are other paths in life

  • @CordeliaWagner
    @CordeliaWagner Рік тому +13

    Leaving a Legacy behind is to exhausting.
    I just want to get through life as happy as possible.
    I don't care what happens after my ending.

  • @MsYolost
    @MsYolost Рік тому +11

    I don't get the children=legacy rethoric at all. No one knows the great great great parent of other people. Most of the time not even of famous people.
    The only way to create a legacy is if you do something yourself to be remembered

    • @TheChildfreeConnection
      @TheChildfreeConnection  Рік тому +4

      Apparently, people really care. Not my thing either.

    • @dannavalentin46
      @dannavalentin46 2 місяці тому

      I don’t even know my great-grandmother’s name what the heck? So what’s the point of leaving a legacy with children? Legacy comes in ♾️ forms.

  • @jackcarraway4707
    @jackcarraway4707 Рік тому +10

    Jesus didn't have kids and I'm pretty sure his "legacy" is doing just fine.

    • @BitterSong28
      @BitterSong28 8 місяців тому

      The only legacy that women have to leave behind are the children who she raises like the Virgin Mary who gave birth to Jesus Christ, so I think that we’re talking about a woman’s legacy here, not a man’s legacy.

    • @dannavalentin46
      @dannavalentin46 2 місяці тому

      Uh, I’m not fit enough to even leave a legacy by having kids in the first place. I’m abt to be a grown lady but I’ve made up my mind abt my life

    • @dannavalentin46
      @dannavalentin46 2 місяці тому

      @@BitterSong28 some moms give birth to children and some end up notorious or even invisible so I’m not sure what you’re talking about

  • @MW54545454
    @MW54545454 9 місяців тому +4

    Exactly 💯💯💯💯💯💯💯

  • @CatEyedGoddess
    @CatEyedGoddess 10 місяців тому +3

    My family’s ‘ legacy’ is resentment from children they didn’t want and generational trauma aka, untreated CPTSD from being ‘raised’ by women and men who did not want them, but had them because of society.

  • @RolandForest
    @RolandForest Рік тому +18

    This quote is very important to me I’m a 52-year-old man without a child married to a woman and we were unable to have children. I always wanted a child of my own. My wife has a child by another man who raped her many years ago and we raise the child together. It has been bittersweet. But your words today you offer me a new way of looking at things thank you

    • @beaulieuc8910
      @beaulieuc8910 Рік тому +4

      Wow that's so had that a man raped her. Some human are so awful . You sound a great person taking all that on

    • @OGO-OGaugeOdyssey
      @OGO-OGaugeOdyssey Рік тому

      @@beaulieuc8910 it’s been very difficult throughout her life, but we’ve managed to stay together for 25 years as a married couple. Her son has grown up to be a marvelous young man after troublesome teenage years, but he’s now become a good husband, and a good father, and it was important that we stay together as a family.

    • @hello-sz7hp
      @hello-sz7hp 9 місяців тому

      @@beaulieuc8910 sugar and calm honey

  • @Amethyst454
    @Amethyst454 5 місяців тому +2

    Legacy is something you leave your children and/or anyone who will survive you. Lineage and legacy are not the same thing.

  • @Tarotbyjessa
    @Tarotbyjessa 10 місяців тому +4

    Age 33 F here, I saw my mom turned from a loving feminine woman to a strong masculine provider mother. She became the sole income provider when my Dad lost his job at 60 years old. I saw their marriage fall apart to feed 4 children and send them all to college and universities. I think She hated us afterwards, we sucked the life away from her.

    • @TheChildfreeConnection
      @TheChildfreeConnection  10 місяців тому +4

      I'm so sorry to hear that. I can imagine how that must feel for you. Just remember every choice she made, was hers.

    • @antinatalistwitch111
      @antinatalistwitch111 10 місяців тому +6

      That was not your or your siblings fault. I hope u don't carry guilt about that and are growing and loving yourself daily.

    • @tacoexpressSEEDEEholeeveryones
      @tacoexpressSEEDEEholeeveryones 10 місяців тому

      @@antinatalistwitch111round gray rain

    • @dannavalentin46
      @dannavalentin46 2 місяці тому

      @@tacoexpressSEEDEEholeeveryonesWTF

  • @judygoddard3869
    @judygoddard3869 6 місяців тому +2

    Do people who say children are their legacy not realise that their kids are going to die one day?! And so will their grandchildren. Even if you have twenty kids, 500 years from now no one will even know you existed.

  • @joylastname3035
    @joylastname3035 Рік тому +9

    Ppl live like trash and be talking about legacy by way of kids.

  • @jacwindsor5552
    @jacwindsor5552 Рік тому +3

    I am not kind to scumbags though! Scumbags will remember me forever!

    • @hello-sz7hp
      @hello-sz7hp 10 місяців тому

      Who wins the parchisi game?!!

  • @AncientlightInsights
    @AncientlightInsights Рік тому +12

    I love this concept! Makes sense! The work we put out onto to the world, whether is Artistic Work, Motivational Speech, Healing Modalities, Making Impactful Changes for Humanity or Insightful Content on social media is also one’s Legacy!
    Share this Truth, so the people who actually cannot have children for any medical reasons, do not feel like their useless in the world. Having children is only one form of creation.
    There’s a million ways to create in the world! 🥰🙌🏼✨✨🌟

  • @yoleeisbored
    @yoleeisbored 9 місяців тому +3

    A lot of people shouldn't be parents... Nancy lanza, chris watts, chad doerman, joseph fritzl, etc.. its ok to not have kids

    • @tacoexpressSEEDEEholeeveryones
      @tacoexpressSEEDEEholeeveryones 9 місяців тому

      Siiiinging in the rain.. we’re singing in the rain!!.. what a wonderful feeling a thumbs up.. shoulders back.. arms out.. can a hole have a hole inside it?

    • @yoleeisbored
      @yoleeisbored 9 місяців тому +1

      You're just mad cause I'm right

    • @dannavalentin46
      @dannavalentin46 2 місяці тому

      @@tacoexpressSEEDEEholeeveryones Bruv it’s you again…. 😒😒😒😒

    • @dannavalentin46
      @dannavalentin46 2 місяці тому

      @@yoleeisboredfacts

  • @lilylife4426
    @lilylife4426 Місяць тому +1

    my cousin has two. One is addicted to computer games and has never worked in his life at 27 years old and the second one has OCD and depression and barely talks to her. I have no kids and taught hundreds of students, saved many patients' lives, and have been doing research to help humanity. What's legacy?

  • @Attackatyourownrisk
    @Attackatyourownrisk 9 місяців тому +2

    Now that’s a legacy of a lifetime. ❤

  • @m.elainebates7931
    @m.elainebates7931 День тому

    If children are a legacy, then what kind of legacies did the mothers of Charles Manson, Lyle & Eric Melendez, Hitler, Jeffrey Dahmer, Eileen Wuornos et al leave us? Huh? Nature vs. Nurture...

  • @annmarieknapp
    @annmarieknapp Рік тому +7

    I think it's a great quote. I have one child and he is profoundly autistic and will never have a typical life or any of the quote, "normal" aspects of life. If I based my entire life on this fact, I would be devastated even more than I already am, but not being able to cure him. So, yes, I think we can do many things to make this world better that don't involve having children. Children are not our legacy. Our actions and what we create in general is our legacy.

  • @josephbernard5240
    @josephbernard5240 Рік тому +7

    When I’m gone, my legacy may not even exist anymore. Whether I have kids or not, leaving their own legacy is up to them.

  • @healingv1sion
    @healingv1sion 7 місяців тому +1

    Well then I guess my dad's legacy was a poor one then; his first born son m worded his sisters, his daughter, and his sons and nephews, impregnated his father's baby momma, and is a cancer on the family. He is coddled and protected by the family who let him get away with this everyday living free.