Back in the late 1960s and early 1970s, one heard of couples not wishing to bring children into such a world. Given the "echo boom" that followed in the early 1

Back in the late 1960s and early 1970s, one heard of couples not wishing to bring children into such a world. Given the "echo boom" that followed in the early 1980s, I wonder if this wasn't the boomers just not being quite ready to settle down, and using global terms to explain a local situation. (Boomer myself.)