My recent Uber driver has 5 kids, all of them adult age, and he said none of them want kids. I asked him why and he said, "they see what's going on in the world and don't want to bring more people into it." This is the answer people commonly give but I'm afraid it's not true. If it's true, we can fix the state of the world and people will start having kids again. My fear is facts or narrative have people believing their lives are better without kids.
I believe that the welfare state has broken the generational bond and that having children is becoming increasingly difficult and no longer makes sense for many people
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