Having kids is optional.
That's a voluntary sacrifice in a way that having a job is very much not. They don't really belong in the same breath.
That's a voluntary sacrifice in a way that having a job is very much not. They don't really belong in the same breath.
Choosing not to participate in a fundamental experience of the human condition is no more a choice than choosing not to have a job.
Other people do not share your priorities.
The decision to have a child in the first place is entirely self-centered (or maybe centered on a partner who is him/herself self-centered.) Humans are not in danger of dying out because we're breeding too slowly; if anything, it'll be the opposite.
Which is not to say that it's bad, but (assuming you are actually financially and emotionally capable of raising the kid) no better or worse than choosing differently.
Condescension from people with attitudes like yours is why millions of people who know they will be complete failures as parents decide to inflict themselves and their circumstances on innocent children who don't deserve that kind of suffering.
On an individual level, why do you feel a job is mandatory? It's only necessary if you want certain things - lots of homeless manage somehow.