An example would be to make basic income only apply to citizens over 18, so having additional children would not increase payments to a family, and then making

An example would be to make basic income only apply to citizens over 18, so having additional children would not increase payments to a family, and then making children a large tax break, encouraging people who can afford them to have children. I'm ambivalent about it, particularly since I'm catholic, but I'm afraid the alternative is idiocracy and, eventually, far more human suffering.