Actually they are man. Kids no. The parents?
If you know you broke and fucked up you have the discipline not to have kids and put them in that situation!
You go to school, pay attention, get the best grades, apply for scholarships, grants, aid.. use money and flip.
Network!
I don't buy it.
It takes 18 years to reach adulthood. How can you guarantee their living standards and success for that long?
You could be making six figures a year and lose your job overnight. A medical expense could bankrupt you. Economy could collapse and wipe out all of your savings. A natural disaster destroys your home and the insurance company doesn't pay out because of a loophole. Your wife could develop an expensive alcohol or gambling addiction.
Even if your money stays on point, what happens if you get divorced? What if you or your spouse dies? What happens if one of your teenagers start fucking up because a teacher touched them in elementary school?
There are a million different things that could turn you from an upstanding family man to the kind of person who should have been disciplined enough to not have kids and put them in "that situation".
If everybody took your attitude there wouldn't be any kids.