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It all comes down to being willing, as a society, to devote adequate resources to everyone, and in particular to every child, regardless of circumstance.
by pfkurtz 5y ago
It all comes down to being willing, as a society, to devote adequate resources to everyone, and in particular to every child, regardless of circumstance.
- toomuchtodo 5y agoIt also come down to providing better options to folks who don’t want to be or shouldn’t be parents. Lots of kids being born into homes that will fail them, even if you shoveled fiat into the household. (from experience as a volunteer guardian ad litem)
- hiptobecubic 5y agoYes, unfortunately it's quite easy to have them and not so easy to raise them. In the words of a famous poet: Tout le monde sait comment on fait des bébés, mais personne sait comment on fait des papas.
- pfkurtz 5y agoMake it easy to get contraception. Make it easy for young men to get and then reverse vasectomies. Invest much more in the education system and children in general. Make it easy to get an abortion.
- pfkurtz 5y agoThat is one thing, and it is important, but what I said encompasses a lot more people and needs, so I think it doesn't quite "come down to" merely helping this one specific set of "problematic" adults you personally have some experience with. Maybe some problems are directly caused by what you said. "Shoveling fiat into the household." We had the biggest drop in child poverty during the pandemic (too bad it's temporary), because we gave people money. If you want to limit the supply of dollars raise taxes on the top, that's where all the "fiat" (lol) ends up after just a couple steps. What I said is much more general: our society must devote sufficient resources that all children have the opportunity to flourish.
- pfkurtz 5y agoSorry I read "all" but you wrote "also", which is more in accord. Sorry! Nevertheless I think what you said is a special case of what I said.
- toomuchtodo 5y agoSociety needs less kids overall imho, based on the quantity of capable family units fit to parent. Parenting and children should be a privilege, not a right. More money doesn’t fix terrible parents/households, and they’re numerous to say the least.
- pfkurtz 5y agoPeople have fewer children as economic opportunities increase. All over the world birth rates are falling—even India is approaching below-replacement. So you can probably move on from your concern, and focus on getting the benefits of economic development to everyone, problem solved!