A sensible assessment of this needs nuance, and hopefully we are all of a mind to be respectful to any parents who are a part of our community.
What I have learned in life is that it is so easy to have a romanticised idea of parenthood, or even to become a parent 'by accident', that it is almost a rare accomplishment to reach middle-age without procreating. However, the younger generation are much more thoughtful, as they should be in light of the world's escalating economic, geopolitical and ecological issues.
I've identified key ingredients that generally need to be available for parenthood to be a healthy experience:
1) Easy money (i.e., a decent income that doesn't entail excessive work hours, commuting or stress)
2) Trustworthy and supportive (grand)parents, who might actually do a lot of the work and enable a life outside of parenting
3) A good partner
4) A decent community and culture, possibly including a healthy extended family
5) Good physical health
6) Healthy genes, as any sort of physical or mental ailments multiply the difficulty of parenting
7) Good mental health, even when sleep-deprived or placed under heavy stress
8) A solid understanding of developmental psychology and the needs of children
9) Awareness of any generational trauma and a willingness to do whatever it takes to minimise it being passed down
10) Damn, it feels like there should be ten but I can't think of any. Um... must have a cat. And no Dark Triad people anywhere in sight.
I would score poorly on most of those points and I am blessed that I never had a chance to be a parent anyway. Anyone who doesn't understand the importance of these factors (which are often outside of our control) could be in for a really bumpy ride. A sobering case of caveat emptor.
People who score highly will tend to raise healthy and happy families who would never go anywhere near a website like this, and it would be disingenuous to dismiss their experience just because they are not here.
So again, the final assessment includes a lot of nuance.