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I'm not parent but I wonder if it could be both? Though I think the former was the original intent but I hadn't thought about the latter.
by BinaryIdiot 11y ago
I'm not parent but I wonder if it could be both? Though I think the former was the original intent but I hadn't thought about the latter.
- orky56 11y agoMy wild hypothesis is that teens may be more aware of the rising cost of parenthood and may rationally be avoiding the situation altogether.
- mirimir 11y agoParenthood provides virtually no economic benefit in modern industrial society. More so now, with mobility and weakening of family ties. Children cost a lot, and they probably won't help when you're old. So why bother?
- gozur88 11y agoI think you underestimate the extent to which pregnancy was always considered an Unthinkably Bad Thing by teens. And also overestimate the extent to which teens are rational.