There are alternatives to doing a literature review and reasoning from first principles; for instance, running a cheap experiment (this is my preferred method).
If you are not sure if you would like having kids, then ask around and see if you can have a niece, nephew, younger cousin, etc… come stay with you for a summer (you can even frame this as doing their parents a favor by letting them go on a vacation by themselves).
There are alternatives to doing a literature review and reasoning from first principles; for instance, running a cheap experiment (this is my preferred method).
If you are not sure if you would like having kids, then ask around and see if you can have a niece, nephew, younger cousin, etc… come stay with you for a summer (you can even frame this as doing their parents a favor by letting them go on a vacation by themselves).
We did this by moving in with a pregnant couple last year. It was highly educational for us, and they got some free childcare.