over 6 years ago - /u/TynanSylvester - Direct link

Originally posted by divesyer

From what I’d read before on one of the threads on this sub, the game was intended to be played in less than 10 in-game years (personal preference, debatable play-time based on person) and raising a kid for 16 years to be useful in menial tasks is probably not a very smart option for a bunch of space refugees.

Yeah, it's basically this. Kids would be a HUGE addition, it'd take forever to do properly, and I chose not to bite it off.