I'm sure I've seen chimps using 'cutlery'...
But my reason for having children goes thus: when you meet 'the one' that you want to be with forever, you can't help wondering what a child produced from half your genes and half theirs would be like. You like yourself, you love your partner, the kids will be even better, surely? Who wouldn't want one of them around, or two. You also get to bring them up to have your values and views and so - as someone above suggested - you are adding to the general goodness in the world.

The sad thing is that those people that shouldn't be allowed to have children don't think twice about having dozen of them, adding to the sum of miserable people in the world - it's your duty to try to out-breed them.
(Che Grimsdale Best before:, Fri 16 Jan 2009, 12:30, Reply)