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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It is a continuation of a long trend.

More education, more urbanization, more income (and therefore higher opportunity cost of having kids) = fewer children.[/quote]
+1 I'm East Asian. I got married at 32. Kids at 34.  I was considered an old maid by many in my culture, certainly my parents thought so.  But this was over a decade ago.

Today, my nieces are hitting 30s, no kids, and no one bats an eye.

Times have changed, thank god.

Women have options now. And if society wants more women to have kids when they are younger, then society needs to change some laws (ahem, men) to make it worthwhile for women. Gone are the days when women had very little choices in life, though I'm sure some men would prefer we go back to the days when men had all the options and women didn't.

Moms are still the default parent (and the default caregiver to elderly parents). I don't see men clamoring to be both the default parent AND have a job like women are doing.  Why would that be?  Cause it's f*n hard. That's why. [/quote]

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