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Re:US Births Dip to 30-yr Low; Fertility Rate Sinks Further ... by freyir on Thursday May 17, 2018 @03:52PM (#17094915)
Costs in terms of time and money.

In the past, kids could work on the farm or in a factory and generate money, now you have to send them to daycare and buy them toys and they cost money.

Previously, more people would jump straight out of high school into blue collar jobs and raising families. Now, men and women are delaying kids to focus on college and building a career.

And mothers would more often stay home to raise kids. Now both parents are working more, and there's less time to spend raising children.

Re:US Births Dip to 30-yr Low; Fertility Rate Sinks Further ... by j_gu on Thursday May 17, 2018 @03:59PM (#17095000)
In the past, kids were essentially indentured servants/slaves in other words.
Re:US Births Dip to 30-yr Low; Fertility Rate Sinks Further ... by magduf on Thursday May 17, 2018 @05:03PM (#17095787)
Yes, and don't forget, in the past, women were also essentially indentured servants/slaves.
Re:US Births Dip to 30-yr Low; Fertility Rate Sinks Further ... by coldtea on Friday May 18, 2018 @03:24AM (#17099341)
In the past kids, after 10 or so, where considered short adults and treated as such.
Re:US Births Dip to 30-yr Low; Fertility Rate Sinks Further ... by pixl97 on Thursday May 17, 2018 @04:28PM (#17095352)
My parents: "Our kids still are indentured servants"