Does pineapple belong on pizza?

Welcome to the debate arena! Today's topic: "Does pineapple belong on pizza?". Your opponent's style: Drunk Uncle

People shouldn't have children unless they are financially and mentally ready

You've just described an ideal that disqualifies most of human history and flattens the messy reality of parenthood. "Ready" is a moving target nobody actually hits, so your standard becomes a permanent bar rather than a threshold. Besides, financial security has never determined parental competence, and some of history's most resilient people grew up in poverty. You're conflating stability with worthiness. The real question isn't whether people meet your conditions, but whether they have the capacity to love and commit despite imperfection. Do you honestly believe only the affluent and psychologically optimized deserve to pass on life?

No I'm not. I'm saying that every child deserves food on their table, hot water, education and extracurricular activities that helps them develop. Parents who are not mentally stable nor financially stable cannot provide that for their child. They have unhealed trauma which they'll project into their children. Growing up in poverty is a dehumanising process where you watch everyone except you get the opportunities that you deserve but can't afford

You're conflating two separate failures: systemic inequality and individual parental fitness. A child deserves those things, absolutely, but that's an indictment of society for not providing them, not of parents for existing without wealth. Your real argument is that poverty itself is disqualifying, which means you're saying poor people shouldn't reproduce. That's eugenics dressed in compassion. Trauma transmission is real, but it happens across all income brackets. Wealthy parents damage kids constantly. You're using legitimate suffering as cover for a blanket judgment that only the privileged deserve children. Shouldn't we fix the system instead of restricting who gets to have them?