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Not the usual sort of discussion I expect to see on Edge but welcome nonetheless. Fertility services, reproductive tech is very hot right now. With women who he
by indescions_2017 9y ago
Not the usual sort of discussion I expect to see on Edge but welcome nonetheless. Fertility services, reproductive tech is very hot right now. With women who heed the countdown of their biological clocks electing to freeze their eggs at $50K, it could also be considered a growth sector. So why not provide the spectrum of services a single professional would need to raise a family. From quality genetically screened gamete seed banks. Making it as easy to order 23 chromosomes as you would pick out a new laptop on Newegg. To generous paid maternity care and leave. Nanny, lactation consulting, on-call pediatrics, daycare. As well as transportation, grocery delivery, nursery installation and much more.
Of course all of this is readily available via bespoke services for those that can afford it. So how to we extend all the necessary services to a middle class single professional woman?
If it truly is a crisis that birth rates are falling in the developed world. And restricted immigration results in further population skew. Then taxpayers must begin the debate on subsidizing reproductive and childcare services. Because traditional "nudge" messaging and policy seems to neglect where organic demand lies: having children and career, without the necessity or social norm of marriage.
- Santosh83 9y agoYou assume single parent upbringing is optimal? Why are 1. the world's population (as opposed to 'developed world's' population), and 2., the best for the child, not considered?
- zanny 9y agoBecause capitalism. If single wealthy women want children for... god knows what reason, there are enough studies to show that children need their parents throughout their childhoods to develop optimally, and having one or even worse both of them sequestered away in careers while they grow up in daycare is harmful. But if single wealthy women want children they will get them, they have the financial resources to push the economy into making it happen one way or another. You don't fight economics with morals postmortem.
- Oxitendwe 9y agoYou're supposed to raise your own children. This is inconsistent with having virtually every job an "educated" person can have.
- alva 9y agoThis is the life-hack more mid-30s women are doing now. I think people underestimate the significance of it. Able to carry out the rearing function with perceived top quality sperm that would be unaccessible to them naturally.