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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I find it hard to believe that the vast majority of affluent Caucasian couples in the DC area are not interested in having children.  I don't buy this paradigm.[/quote]

Maybe not the "vast majority" but certainly a larger percentage than ever before. And those who have kids have less than the replacement. Believe what you want but the numbers don't lie. [/quote]

I am a white married couple who's relatively affluent. We aren't having kids now. We'd like them, but we worry too much that the costs will send us overboard.

I think a lot of people my age are also concerned that people expect children to be stuck to you for 26 years. Kids are more attached to their parents than any other generation ever. Less independence. I loved playing in the cul de sac or out with friends. But now people expect the parent to be supervising 24/7. [/quote]

Yep! It's not just the financial burden turning would-be parents away. The entire culture of modern parenthood assumes a slavish devotion to the children. I always tell my husband I would be a 1950s mom in a second. But in 2015? Hell no.[/quote]

It's really not that bad. I is more intense than in the 1950s - like you can't leave kids in the car anymore to run a quick errand - but you get used to it. And my older kids (9 and 7) play outside in our neighborhood with friends. [/quote]

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