"it takes a village to raise a kid" Yet the message sent to potential parents is so far from that, I won't blame people foregoing having kids. There's a stron

"it takes a village to raise a kid" Yet the message sent to potential parents is so far from that, I won't blame people foregoing having kids. There's a strong movement pushing for smaller governments and less public and social expenses in general, that directly makes it worse (kids are sick all the time, they need schools, public transportation, libraries, public services in general). You're arguing for giving up on daycare when so many companies are pushing back to office rules. To your point, if a couple is at the point they couldn't afford lattes if they had kids, I don't see them properly raising that kid without a ton of aid, and looking at the comments we usually have here, most will point the finger at them for not being responsible enough instead.