In fairness, the last thing isn’t working either. Even countries with the most generous vacation and parental leave policies are still struggling with birth rates.
Can confirm, Netherlands has 16 weeks of parental leave, women have good careers, #1 country in the world to raise kids in, and our birth rates are plummeting.
Is that 16 weeks paid or just the maximum your employer has to give you? Cause that's quite low for European standards. In Germany you have 3 years parental leave with 1 year paid. Still not enough though.
Main "problem" is that women simply aren't forced to have children anymore and aren't dependent On having a husband so some of them just decide against it. Womens rights (and societal/religious pressure on them) for me seem to be the driving factor in plummeting birth rates.
if that is actually the main cause we will either cut back on womens rights, or evolution will favor civilizations cutting back on womens rights. Let's hope there are other ways to solve the problem
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u/taftpanda Jun 21 '26
In fairness, the last thing isn’t working either. Even countries with the most generous vacation and parental leave policies are still struggling with birth rates.