> It wasn't that long ago that a man or woman would not be seen to have truly come of age until having a family of their own, or at least marriage Many views

> It wasn't that long ago that a man or woman would not be seen to have truly come of age until having a family of their own, or at least marriage Many views in society were different not that long ago. You can't just cherry pick the changes and say some were good or bad without rational arguments. People have more options these days, and there's no rational argument for wanting kids. It's just a biological instinct that just like many others (polygamy, violence) can be avoided because it doesn't make sense in our current times. Also, many people see as a taboo to acknowledge that having kids destroyed dreams or leaves them without the energy to do things they would like to do, so you only hear stories about how amazing it is.