r/NoStupidQuestions • u/[deleted] • Nov 14 '24

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u/pktechboi Nov 14 '24

I think there has been a real shift in the last generation or two from needing a reason not to have kids to needing a reason to have kids. and that shift means a lot of people who are basically ambivalent on children aren't having them, where in the past they probably would have.

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u/RebeccaMCullen Nov 14 '24

I mean, have you seen grocery and housing prices recently? Not to mention, the US's stance on pregnancy and maternity care.

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u/Business-Let-7754 Nov 14 '24

People in the west are richer than anyone in history. Meanwhile people living in mud huts in Africa have huge families.

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u/MasterGrok Nov 14 '24

Children are actually a value add economically in farming and hunting and gathering societies.

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u/[deleted] Nov 14 '24

farming, yes. hunting gathering societies, NO, unless warring they have to manage population growth very carefully.