Should I personally have a child to help the lack of children in the modern world?
Im in my 40s and a married homeowner. I have 2 kids, one at age 24 and the second at 28. In the past year I'm learning more about birthrates and natalism and wonder if I should personally have a third child to help with this issue. My husband and I never really thought about having a third child before because we are both from countries with state encouraged small families for many decades. Neither of us have any relative under age 50 with more than 2 children. Not among our 2nd or 3rd cousins or anything. But at this point our country of heritage is rapidly shrinking and only 2 million people speak our language as it is.
But I am so old. Having a third child would not be for my happiness because I will be happy with or without a third child. It will not really be for my fulfillment either because I already feel the fulfillment of parenthood. I am primarily interested in having a third child for the sake of civic duty, and I am not sure if is my place to solve this problem in this manner. My physician says it looks like I am capable of having a child as a 44 year old woman based on my recent exams, but still, should I be doing this? I suppose an alternative would be to save more money for my children to purchase homes earlier so they can start their own families, but I cannot control if they will have families.