This approaches the topic from several interesting perspectives:
https://aeon.co/essays/having-children-is-not-life-affirming-its-immoral?mc_cid=fb94dd2801&mc_eid=c4215c6c8c
For instance:
"Considering matters carefully, it’s obvious that there must be more bad than good. This is because there are empirical asymmetries between the good and bad things. The worst pains, for instance, are worse than the best pleasures are good. If you doubt this, ask yourself – honestly – whether you would accept a minute of the worst tortures in exchange for a minute or two of the greatest delights. And pains tend to last longer than pleasures. Compare the fleeting nature of gustatory and sexual pleasures with the enduring character of much pain. There are chronic pains, of the lower back or joints for example, but there is no such thing as chronic pleasure."
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