A few more reasons I don't want and don't have kids.
1) You can't trust anyone thanks to the proliferation of sick fucks that are out there. Thus, it is harder (in my childless opinion) to teach self reliance and independence when you have to constantly be smothering them for their own good.
2) The government is too involved in telling parents how to raise their kids. Intentions may be good, but like anything else the government does, when they get involved things get fucked up and families get destroyed. Ultimately, except in extreme cases, I think CPS probably does more harm than good for families they get involved with. Admittedly, maybe that's from watching too many 60 Minutes specials about families being destroyed by government programs that lack any ability to apply "common sense" to a situation and rationalize a quick, effective solution to the problem.
And what about government mandated school testing of students. I know first hand of two kids in our neighborhood that passed their classes and were allowed to "graduate" with their class, but still have not received their High School diploma because they can't pass this one final test. IMO that's fucked up. The student did everything necessary in the classroom, but are being unjustly punished by The State while the school/teachers are not held as accountable for their failings as the student is. Withholding that diploma is MUCH more damning to the pupil than fines and sanctions are for the school/teacher.
3) I can't possibly see how there is any fun left in being a kid. They're not allowed to be kids, or they're put on drugs!! (Funny, a swat on the ass to correct behavior is frowned upon, but giving them drugs to turn them into little zombies? That's perfectly fine!) So why would I want to bring a son/daughter into a world I wouldn't want to grow up in?