(I think) there is a new level of "active parenting" that is different from how we grew up. I am in my late 20's and I am stressed seeing my SILs juggle being parents. It seems like they are perpetually trying to stay above water and feels like they are failing at everything. Neither situation is particularly appealing. Maybe it was like this for all parents all throughout history but now its easier to find content on social media showing the realities of it.

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Anonymous wrote:I just want my kid to have a relationship— not looking ahead to kids.

I would say a majority of the women 40 and younger in my office are childless by choice.

childfree

All your ancestors with its trials and tribulations only for a weakling to come and end the genetic lineage because you’re a snowflake

Anonymous wrote:Give them a few years. When I was 21 I didn't want to get married or have kids. I changed my mind at 25. Had to finish grad school, then git married at 30, kida at 31 and 33. You change a lot in your 20s!

+1. I didn’t even want to get married when I was 21, let alone have kids. The dream was to be single forever.

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Anonymous wrote:Based on your views and perceptions, how do you think Gen Z will handle having kids, will they have more kids or less kids? It seems like for the oldest Zoomers, they aren’t having much kids.

Imagine all the trials and tribulations your ancestors went through only for you to deliberately end your genetic lineage because *insert whatever brainwashing excuse you accept socially engineered to you by globalists*

^ example of why my kids don’t want to have kids

Mine want marriage and kids and I view that as a personal compliment of how DH and I demonstrated a strong, happy marriage and enjoyable time raising them

Anonymous wrote:Based on your views and perceptions, how do you think Gen Z will handle having kids, will they have more kids or less kids? It seems like for the oldest Zoomers, they aren’t having much kids.

Imagine all the trials and tribulations your ancestors went through only for you to deliberately end your genetic lineage because *insert whatever brainwashing excuse you accept socially engineered to you by globalists*

Anonymous wrote:Dd is 21 and has said since she was a little girl that she didn't want kids.

+1. Smart woman

Give them a few years. When I was 21 I didn't want to get married or have kids. I changed my mind at 25. Had to finish grad school, then git married at 30, kida at 31 and 33. You change a lot in your 20s!

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Anonymous wrote:Boomers and GenXers have made society incredibly hostile to working parents, so I don't think we'll see a lot of younger generations having kids until that changes.

Gen Xers?!?!? Um. No.

+1. Gen X started the changes in the workforce that put more women there and made the policies to keep them. They also had the courage to opt out of the workforce to raise their kids if they wanted to (men and women), and didn't care what the late boomers had to say about that.

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Anonymous wrote:My Gen Z kids say they have no interest in bringing children into a world they believe is doomed. Maybe in time they’ll change their minds, but in not going to get my hopes up for grandchildren.

+1

Hopefully society can turn it around, but as of right now my kids think the world is doomed.

Growing up with insane Trump/MAGAs running around will do that to a generation.

They ARE kids. So I really hope not yet.

They all live at home, so No, they do not want kids

Anonymous wrote:Until government and society step in to encourage and assist parents, the birth rate will continue to decline. It is insanely expensive to have one kid, let alone a few.

+1

No. Inflation and lack to grandparents helping makes for a strong NO.

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Anonymous wrote:Until government and society step in to encourage and assist parents, the birth rate will continue to decline. It is insanely expensive to have one kid, let alone a few.

Govt can pay for my 2 houses if it is going to pay for your 2 kids. After all it is expensive to pay for one house, let alone two.

Well in fairness…the way an economy grows is more people buying things. You get more people through immigration and birth rates. Also, the only way SS works is if you have more people in the workforce to pay for the older generation retiring.

Nobody wants to be Japan or Russia which will see their populations decline significantly by 2100. Heck, even China is realizing it’s one child policy is a debacle and is expected to see a nearly 60% population decline within 75 years.

There is a collective and national security interest in having a growing population. There isn’t in that population owning multiple homes.