Re:The Population Bust
by allana on Friday August 16, 2019 @09:37PM
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Time and resources to make and support babies is a big constraint.
Most parents want to provide a standard of living to their kids that is better than what they grew up in, which costs significantly more to provide.
Kids didn't always have their own bedrooms or cellphones, and in an agrarian society kids were useful as extra "free" labor. The shift to cities has rewritten the economic calculations potential parents do.
Most parents want to provide a standard of living to their kids that is better than what they grew up in, which costs significantly more to provide.
Kids didn't always have their own bedrooms or cellphones, and in an agrarian society kids were useful as extra "free" labor. The shift to cities has rewritten the economic calculations potential parents do.