There are frequently threads on this site regarding the drop-off in fertility in advanced societies. When I point out that not all of us are capable of handling

There are frequently threads on this site regarding the drop-off in fertility in advanced societies. When I point out that not all of us are capable of handling the stresses of modern child-rearing given the intense expectations for education and concomitant expense of that, someone will inevitably chime in with something like, "kids don't really need all that". I'm sure that they did not decades ago, and I'd love for it to be the case that they did not these days, but it seems that the future for those who do not make it through the system is rather bleak.