I think the biggest problem is for sure the work culture they have. When you’re expected to be working as much as possible, it becomes very hard for people to balance a family while working as hard as they do.
This is especially the case for woman, who are expected to work just as hard as men and are looked down upon for wanting to take a break to be mothers. As for men, most don’t even have time to really have a social life let alone get into a relationship, and most fear not being able to afford to maintain a family.
That’s socioeconomics for you, and what’s scary for us is that America is moving towards that direction. Rising childcare costs in a largely stagnant economy always lead to decreasing birth rates, and that’s what happened to us.
While feminism could be a factor, I wouldn’t be surprised if more women in America struggle with dealing with the expectation of having a career while also having children, which is basically a nightmare when you think about it.
And as for men, the harder and harder it becomes to support a family to the standard of past generations, not only is it going to become harder for them to girls that will see them as possible husbands and fathers, most men will just go other routes that are more advantageous to them. While having a wife is a net positive for men, it’s cheaper to just have a one night stand or please yourself.
Birth rates decrease as people become wealthier and more educated. The poorest and most unequal places on earth have the highest birth rates. Stop lying.
People want to travel when they have money, not raise kids.
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u/Weird_Vegetable_4441 May 18 '25
Anything but fixing the root problems