Working from home allowed him to be a more engaged dad. Now it's over

Re:Working from home allowed him to be a more engaged dad. N... by HideousKojima on Monday August 12, 2024 @04:02PM (#41228666)

Worldwide average fertility rate is 2.35, just barely above the replacement rate of 2.1, and it's projected to continue to fall well below 2.1.

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Re:Working from home allowed him to be a more engaged dad. N... by gtvwill on Monday August 12, 2024 @04:18PM (#41228848)

Better get hitched and have some kids then! No point crying about it when the solutions simple!

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Re:Working from home allowed him to be a more engaged dad. N... by dwaltrip on Monday August 12, 2024 @04:52PM (#41229201)

Amazing! You’ve solved it. We need to get some journalists on the phone.

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Re:Working from home allowed him to be a more engaged dad. N... by HideousKojima on Monday August 12, 2024 @05:19PM (#41229440)

What makes you think I don't have or want kids?

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Re:Working from home allowed him to be a more engaged dad. N... by josefritzishere on Monday August 12, 2024 @04:28PM (#41228948)

Is this really a problem though? There are currently 8.2 Billion people. A natural reduction could be a net good.

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Re:Working from home allowed him to be a more engaged dad. N... by RestlessMind on Monday August 12, 2024 @04:49PM (#41229167)

> Is this really a problem though?

Yes, big time

> A natural reduction could be a net good.

Only if it was uniform. Fewer and fewer kids mean within a few generations, we have more and more old people who rely on others to survive. If a society has 50% people over 60 and 50% young'uns, then they have a big problem.

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