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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Gen Zs aren’t even 30 yet, this seems like putting the cart before the horse. There have always been people who got married at 16-23. Just because it happens doesn’t mean it’s the norm. [/quote]

If you have a Gen Z daughter or niece ask her what her and her friends think of Sex and the City. They will say the women look super old and it’s so sad and gross they’re all single, partying, and hooking up with randoms. Most Gen Z girlies want to be married with a house by 25. That is a real pivot from what Gen X and Y trends.[/quote]

Was this ever aspirational, though?  I was in college during SATC’s heyday and while my friends and I loved the show and were entertaining by it, none of us actually wanted that kind of life for ourselves.  We all married between 24-28, most of us have grad degrees and careers in addition to happy marriages with kids.  [/quote]

Delaying marriage, birth control, delaying kids, abortion, promiscuity and hookup culture, undergrad + advanced degrees (fertility prime in academia), being an independent woman, being a girl boss, child free DINK lifestyle, career and office being your "family" has been the corporate and pop culture propaganda pushed on western men and women for the last 35 years. Theme of most prestige TV shows, movies, music, magazines, and social media. Really kicked into gear in the early 90s, ex. "Murphy Brown" in 1992 became a middle aged girl boss single mom.

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What exactly is wrong with independence, birth control, and education? 
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NP.  In my mind, Absolutely nothing. BUT, if you DO want children you should UNDERSTAND the facts about fertility and aging. So many people think they can postpone children until they have checked whatever box they need to check. And the fact is that it's not usually that simple. [/quote].

But many in the younger generation have real concerns about the future of the planet and this country. They are way more hesitant to have children than previous generations.

It’s a fact that permanent sterilization doubled in childless people in the last 2 years. [/quote]

Those are millennials not Gen Z.[/quote]

Nope, surveys show Gen Z too. You’re right they’re probably not getting sterilization just yet, but they’re very hesitant about having children and time will tell if they changed their mind but it’s not looking good given the generation above them is the one getting sterilized left and right.

I work with a lot of young people in their 20s and early 30s, millennials and Gen Z, they are very worried about climate change and they’re very worried about having any money saved for retirement given how expensive it is just to live day to day. They are very on the fence about having children and if they do, they’re not likely to have large families.
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