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Even in European countries with generous support systems, subsidized day care, free university and paid parental leave the birthrate has plummeted (below the US
by rpiguy 7y ago
Even in European countries with generous support systems, subsidized day care, free university and paid parental leave the birthrate has plummeted (below the US in most instances).
So I am not sure that it is the cost, just rather a re-orientation of values that has been slowly taking place with the advent of birth control, plentiful food, etc. Human beings were all about the next generation for survival reasons by genetic design even if they didn't want to be.
- magduf 7y agoSubsidized day care and paid parental leave doesn't make up for just how much work it is to raise a child in modern times (unlike the old days where you just hoped they survived the first few years, and pretty quickly didn't bother investing much more work into them and left them to fend for themselves). Before the "nuclear family" became a thing, people lived with their extended relatives, and raising children wasn't as much work.
- hedora 7y agoRaising kids is a ton of work, but that doesn’t change the fact that only 30% of US households can afford daycare: https://www.care.com/c/stories/2423/how-much-does-child-care-cost/ https://www.care.com/c/stories/2423/how-much-does-child-care...
- raxxorrax 7y agoBecause the younger generations have to shoulder that. There is a reason people believe that future generation will have it worse and that undoubtedly has consequences for birth rates.