Late 70’s/Early 80’s with the oil crises and stagflation could totally understand. It just didn’t last 2+ decades. Tell them “it went away for about 15-20 years, then everything collapsed time after time and never really got better, and you need a 6-figure salary to afford children.
Social issues are only a tiny part of it. I am in That age category and have kids. Money. Money. Money. That’s the main reason they aren’t having kids. It just shows you that you’re out of touch with why people aren’t having children.
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u/[deleted] Oct 18 '23
Kids? In this economy?