> No one really knows why birth rates are dropping so fast. Did anyone think to ASK THE PEOPLE why they choose not to have children? Or that would be too diffi

> No one really knows why birth rates are dropping so fast. Did anyone think to ASK THE PEOPLE why they choose not to have children? Or that would be too difficult for today's journalists and bloggers? My case: 1) It's very difficult to raise even one child. It would degrade my quality of life a lot. 2) I hate children. I see around me lots of parents who love being parents and I simply can't understand them. This would probably make me a bad parent. 3) [The main reason.] If I had a child I would want him/her to have a better life than mine. EVERY parent wants that. But that's not possible, because my life is great! Let me focus on 3), because this explains the difference between countries. When the parent's life sucks (Africa), there's lots of hope and possibility of a better life for the child. When the parent's life is great (Europe, America, Japan) with very grim predictions about the future without oil, why would anyone have children?