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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I find all of the posts from people who are against having kids (as opposed to people who wanted kids but couldn't have them for whatever reason) pretty fascinating. I wonder what it is about our culture that makes people so anti-children and why some families seem to "die out" so to speak while other families are seemingly immune and raise kids who want to have their own kids. Religiosity is obviously part of it, but I don't think that tells the whole story.[/quote]
My mom is a evangelical christian fundie, had 6 kids, of her 6 kids, #1 had 3, #2 had 3, #3-6 zero each. #2 might have one more (embryos on ice so she has options), #3-6 don't look like they will be having kids, one of them is a woman already wrong side of 35, another is a woman approaching it. MIL had 4 kids, #1 had 3 kids, #2 1 kid, #3-4 zero kids (one has a vasectomy)

Honestly, it is pretty scary, I look around and see that repeated over and over in families I know. It's one thing for birth rates to settle around 1.5, but is seems like <1 is in the near future. Forget about paying for elderly pensions, there may be a struggle to find people to pick up garbage and keep the electricity on. It's happening even in places like Afghanistan. Alot of Muslim gulf states are already below replacement. South Korea is especially scary and there is no reason to think that is not the future everywhere. [/quote]

We live in a society that is hostile to children. We have garbage parental
leave, astronomical healthcare costs, childcare is becoming more and more expensive (but you also can't raise a family on one middle class income anymore), etc etc.

We're heading towards a point where the majority of kids are going to be from wealthier families who can afford it, and low SES "oops" babies. Educated middle class people who can do basic math on the cost of raising kids aren't going to have them by choice in this economic climate. [/quote]

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