As an experienced, long time Jehovah’s Witnesses, and father of three, I know that the position of our faith is that marriage and child bearing are strictly personal decisions. Possibly there might be a ‘busybody” woman in the congregation that might ask a young person, “So when are you going to get married”? Or the In-laws of a young couple might be pressuring a young couple because they want to have grandchildren. But the teachings of the Bible and of Jehovah’s Witnesses on this matter is that it is strictly a personal decision whether a couple will have children or not. The best article that I have ever seen published by Jehovah’s Witnesses on this subject is called, ” Responsible Childbearing in This Time of the End”, and was a study article in the March 1st , 1988 Watchtower magazine. It is on pages 23-27 of that issue. Ask one of Jehovah’s Witnesses to print it out for you or to lend you a “bound volume” of that years issues so that you can read that article. It is outstanding, full of sound counsel. I still remember when the information was delivered in a talk at our 1987 District Convention at Landover, Maryland. I was walking the floor with my two year old son. Personally for me, for the first time ever, after the events of 9/11, I had to ask myself, “Would I want to raise a child in this system as it is now”? That was the first time ever that I had that thought.

whether or not one has children is a personal matter jehovah's witnesses are certainly not "anti-family"