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I applaud your efforts my friend, part of our problem is we've never lived anywhere with good public transit. I will also just throw out the world changes quite
by buscoquadnary 5y ago
I applaud your efforts my friend, part of our problem is we've never lived anywhere with good public transit. I will also just throw out the world changes quite dramatically from 2 kids to 3 kids, once those little buggers outnumber you things get a lot more exciting in parenting.
- toomuchtodo 5y agoI don’t fault folks who have three kids, but with fertility rates plummeting, it’s not something that should be optimized for. Families are getting smaller over time.
- dudzik 5y agoThe question is if families are getting smaller because parents don’t want more kids or because of regulation[0]. Maybe requiring people to have smaller cars or use public transport would further cut the birth rate. I’m only half-serious. I know there is good reason for public transport or having smaller cars in urban environments. 0: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3665046 https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3665046
- Karrot_Kream 5y ago> Maybe requiring people to have smaller cars or use public transport would further cut the birth rate. This should be easy enough to test by comparing against cohorts in Europe and Asia.
- Joeri 5y agoGenerally the deciding factor has been birth control. The more birth control is available and accepted as a choice, the more women choose to postpone their first child, which automatically leads to having fewer children.
- kiliancs 5y agoFertility rates plummeting is not necessarily a good thing in the long run, so maybe having kids should be incentivized.