One reason for this long-term trend is that people are having fewer children and having those children later in life. Post-pandemic there's been quite a signifi

One reason for this long-term trend is that people are having fewer children and having those children later in life. Post-pandemic there's been quite a significant drop in birth rates on top of that as well. I suspect there will also be a trend of children spending more time being looked after by schools/nurseries/childminders/nannies but that's probably smaller.