I thought it was going to be a modern story about how parenthood is going the way of yachts, summer homes, and polo ponies (luxuries of the upper crust) but the article almost immediately takes a dark and selfish turn.
>when the Brewers started talking family planning, two kids felt manageable. And especially after her oldest, 5-year-old Kailo Brewer, was diagnosed with autism, she wanted him to have a sibling to grow up with and to help support him as an adult, after his parents are gone.
Imagine being born just to be a caretaker to your older sibling when his actual parents can’t anymore.
What if this notional, unaffordable baby wanted to grow up to be childfree?
What if this notional, unaffordable baby ALSO has autism? who will take care of this baby?