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While I agree with that shrink part, you must be living in a bubble for the family part. Literally all my colleagues in past 5 jobs (that few hundreds guys) ha
by saiya-jin 3y ago
While I agree with that shrink part, you must be living in a bubble for the family part.
Literally all my colleagues in past 5 jobs (that few hundreds guys) have kids if they are over say 35. All colleagues of my wife. All of our friends. I cover western (Switzerland) and eastern Europe here. Same for Swiss colleagues and foreigners. Folks with nannies or family close but also raising their kids just by themselves, like us.
2 kids are standard, 3 are actually slowly becoming a norm. 1 is rare and more related to medical issues rather than an actual decision. From my own personal experience being raised as a single child, it sucks in many ways and will affect you negatively for rest of your life, regardless of all the love you received from parents (which of course helps but doesnt mitigate this).
- seper8 3y agoYour anecdotes don't nullify the data
- sverhagen 3y agoSurely there must be some downsides to siblings too. I also don't celebrate being an only child, but it didn't turn me into a misfit either. And to your anecdotal evidence, let me respond with anecdotal evidence... aren't we constantly hearing news about declining birth rates and an aging population? I have heard this from Korea, Japan, the United States, generally about Europe and specifically about the Netherlands.
- speeder 3y agoI am curious what country and industry you work. Most developed countries and some major developing ones have less than 2 children per couple in their data. The data is probably correct thus your anecdote would be an exception. Thus makes me wonder what industry is so exceptional?
- saiya-jin 3y agowe're in HN, its IT, software dev to be more precise
- KptMarchewa 3y agoI'm 30 and literally none of my friends that age have kids.
- corethree 3y agoWhere do you live?
- KptMarchewa 3y agoPoland.
- AntiRemote 3y ago[dead]