So pretty much they weren't adults enough to make their own decisions? They didn't need kids.

EDIT: @Ivor: I follow the point you mean to make, but these people are not the ones to make it.

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The parents had just been persuaded

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Anyone who isn't serious enough about raising children that can be persuaded to do otherwise probably should be persuaded to do otherwise. Especially foolish people shouldn't have kids.

Evolution in action.