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Any examples of such policies?

• nullc 4y ago
  Here is an article that discusses policy/fertility interactions in Canada https://thehub.ca/2023-03-14/counting-up-canadas-missing-kids-lyman-stone-on-why-half-of-women-are-falling-short-of-their-fertility-desires/ https://thehub.ca/2023-03-14/counting-up-canadas-missing-kid... But the examples I had in mind were parents getting prosecuted for letting their children outside unsupervised (several stories on HN in the last year or two), or examples in this thread like overzealous mandatory reporting in the original article or someones pediatric doctor becoming a problem after asking if they have guns in their home. Anecdotally I know people for whom concerns about invasive bureaucracies caused them to choose to delay or not have children, as well as people who relocated to places which they thought had better practices before doing so. Anecdotes don't count for much but I think it's not controversial that have many policies that are ineffective. Any policy that doesn't actually protect children but imposes a risk or cost on parents is probably a net reduction on the production of new adults, but maybe only a very small one.