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The solution is clear - cults.

• toomuchtodo 6y ago
  Anyone look at the Mormon and Catholic fertility rates lately? I haven’t, but it seems even those cults can’t keep the baby rate up anymore.
  • war1025 6y ago
    The only Mormon that I know reasonably well has five kids, so they're at least doing their part. The main thing I've noticed among my peer group is that the more "career-oriented" you are, the fewer kids you're going to have. For those people it seems to come down to a decision that the expenses of kids outweigh any benefits. Whereas the less well off people I know tend to have larger families because you're never going to have enough extra money for it to matter anyway, so why not have more kids and enjoy them.
    • toomuchtodo 6y ago
      Looks like Mormon and Catholic fertility rates are declining also (just not as fast as the population at large). https://religionnews.com/2019/06/15/the-incredible-shrinking-mormon-american-family/ https://religionnews.com/2019/06/15/the-incredible-shrinking... https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/empty-cradle-empty-pews-what-the-low-birth-rate-means-for-catholics-15832 https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/empty-cradle-empty-p...