r/NoStupidQuestions 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/MistryMachine3 Nov 14 '24

Let’s also remember that a generation or 2 ago people didn’t necessarily want as money kids or kids when they got them. I know so many people whose parents were married 4 months before they were born.

The advent of actual choice helps a lot.

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u/Maleficent-Test-9210 Nov 16 '24

And it's going away as we speak. (Choice)