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The material living standard for a middle class family in the West is better than the material living standard of anybody who ever lived, at any socio economic
by toasterlovin 8y ago
The material living standard for a middle class family in the West is better than the material living standard of anybody who ever lived, at any socio economic class, before 100 years ago. And here you are arguing that somehow the reason middle class people aren’t having more children is because they can’t provide adequately for their children?
- manfredo 8y agoNo, it's because parents in the West don't want their child to end up with the global average standard of living. They want a good standard of living as per their expectations of growing up in the West. The globsl median household income is under $10k per year. This is destitute for an American. The prospect of one's child endind up in such a situation is not appealing. Hence, why Westerners are waiting to have kids and dedicating more resources towards them. Furthermore things integral to raising children like education have actually increased in cost over the past several decades.