I've been suspicious that the post-pandemic era will yield a new baby boom of sorts. It's probably too soon to see it in broad demographic data, but just in my

I've been suspicious that the post-pandemic era will yield a new baby boom of sorts. It's probably too soon to see it in broad demographic data, but just in my group of friends, it seems like almost all married couples except those who had previously committed to definitively stay child-free are having kids. One third of the people under my direct manager have either taken parental leave since mid-2021 or are planning to take it soon. Maybe this is just an artifact of my age and demographic situation, given I just turned 30 and know a lot of remote workers. It will be interesting to see if there really is a boom or not a few years out. Maybe as the article mentions, it's an artifact of remote work.