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> I never understood how my parents raised 5 children. My 2*(grand)mother raised 11 children. From what I've heard from other family members, the key to succes
by pid-1 3y ago
> I never understood how my parents raised 5 children.
My 2*(grand)mother raised 11 children. From what I've heard from other family members, the key to success is not giving enough emotional and material support to each child.
What I'm trying to say is: the expectations on children quality of life are also much higher vs 100 yrs ago.
- vidarh 3y agoAnd I think that is the key to dropping fertility: Once you experience relative wealth, you increasingly want to give the same to your kids. It's not that we can't afford more children, but that we can't afford to give more children and ourselves the level of comfort we've come to expect. I could afford to give quite a few children the standard of living we had when I was a kid, but while it was fine for it's time, it's not what I'd want to go back to for either myself or my kids. It's also why I don't think this is a crisis in the long term on a global basis, though it may become one for individual countries: Once wealth catches up to a level where we have sufficient buffer, I think we can balance things out.
- maximus-decimus 3y agoMy grand-grand-parents solution was to make my grand-mother drop school at 13 to help take care of the other kids.