Being a parent is not something everyone wants to be and Ramah Nyang has opted out of parenthood.
He revealed this in a conversation on Twitter after Daily Nation columnist Mariga Thoithi asked, “People who don’t want children, what was that moment that you came to the realization/when it became clear it wasn’t a phase?”
Ramah who now works for BBC replied with, “To be frank, I don’t get giddy at the prospect of being a parent. I don’t think I would be an especially good one either. Having seen the damage crappy parenting does, I would rather not go there.”
“When you’re staring at a long, long list of #BlackTax commitments, kids are not a priority,” he added.
Other Kenyans also revealed why they do not want kids and you can check out some of their reasons below:
@AKenyanGirl: My ovaries never sang to me! Lol. Anyway..kids are work. I’m selfish, I don’t want to do that work. Perfectly happy to be an aunty.
@RoseMute1: I always knew I didn’t want children, but seeing my sister stay in an abusive marriage citing her children as a reason I absolutely knew what my choice was. I don’t even want to imagine bringing another life into this world the way it is.
@Victor_Karuga: When I saw how messed up our population stats, and national values are, because too many people that shouldn’t have kids, do. Having kids isn’t for everyone.
@Wordslinger_C: I have a close pal people think cannot have kids, but he told me he raised his siblings and denied himself so many things, he has no interest in kids AT ALL.
@DorisKisahi: Reading through comments and I think as a firstborn, I already did my parenting too. All I now need is a quiet home and a few lazy trips across the globe so often.
@mwende_kyalo_: This year..when I found myself asking for advise on removing the uterus. Tired of going through 5 days of torture each month for a process I won’t need in future. Didn’t know I was that serious about no kids until I found myself asking if my insurance covers such procedures
@OrawoOlave: Just a few weeks ago. I realized I have never had baby fever, never had any marriage fantasies, baby showers don’t excite me. I did a better part of raising my sibling and nephew and now I just know…no thanks.
@philothei_quii: I raised most of my cousins Nd my younger brother and I kept asking why people have them to burden others
@ChrisNjugi: Many still view having children should be a mandatory responsibility or phase as if adulting isn’t a responsibility in itself. I don’t want them because I don’t see myself deriving joy from parenthood and neither would I be as good of a parent to them.
@Lawino254: This is going to sound mean, but I babysat a new child for some days. That’s when I realized babies are much better to care for when they are someone else’s.