Acharya Prashant addresses the question about IVF by stating that the issue is not merely about a couple wanting a child. He acknowledges the questioner's points about population growth and the lack of conscious development in parents. He adds that the very desire for a child is problematic, comparing it to the desire for a new garment, a big house, or a car. He anticipates the argument that a child is a living being while other things are inanimate, but asserts that all these desires stem from the same center. He introduces the concept of the "good life package," which society teaches us from a very young age. This package includes money, a good spouse, a car, a house, and a child. Wanting a child is just another component of this package, similar to wanting any other material possession. He likens the desire for a child to a little girl wanting a doll to play with; at the level of consciousness, the mother is like a 6-year-old who wants a toy. Just as a boy who played with toy cars wants a real car when he grows up, a woman who played with dolls wants a living doll. The consciousness has not evolved. He explains that a luxury car showroom and an IVF clinic are not fundamentally different; both cater to fulfilling these conditioned desires. If a car can be bought on EMI, a child can be had through IVF. He identifies the root of this mindset as a European ideology of Romanticism and experientialism, which is not native to Indian thought. We are victims of this ideology without even realizing it. The parent-child relationship has also become a victim of this ideology. He questions the notion of unconditional motherly love. If a mother were truly full of love, she would feel for any child, like a beggar's child shivering in the cold, but this is not the case. The attachment to one's own child comes from the investment of time, energy, and money, much like an investor prays for the success of a company they have invested in. When parents realize their "investment" in the child will not yield the expected returns, it can lead to extreme actions like honor killings or feticide. The desire for a child is often about completing a personal portfolio of a "good life."