Passing on parenthood? Growing trend shows women choosing to remain child-free
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According to the Pew Research Center, 44% of non-parents aged 18 to 49 say it's "not too" or "not at all" likely they will ever have children.Follow NBC10 Bo...

Birth rates have dropped 20% since 2007. I don’t think we ever came back from the '08 crash. It’s just been smoke and mirrors.

  • chungusamonugs [he/him]@hexbear.netEnglish
    49·
    3 months ago

    There are valid reasons in the comments here, but a lot of people I talk to genuinely are interested in being parents, but don’t have the funds to even provide for themselves. It’s entirely about the money. Give people money and they will have kids. It isn’t hard.

      • chungusamonugs [he/him]@hexbear.netEnglish
        18·
        3 months ago

        I didn’t mean this in a transactional sense. I agree you cannot pay people to have kids and I agree that, with reproductive freedom and personal autonomy as an option, many fewer afab people will have kids than the historical average.

        My observation is that it isn’t uncommon for single people and couples capable of becoming pregnant to express a desire to have children, but have reservations that are purely financial.