Even though there is a good social safety net and worker protections, kids are still relatively expensive in both time and money. Nobody _wants_ to neglect the

Even though there is a good social safety net and worker protections, kids are still relatively expensive in both time and money. Nobody _wants_ to neglect their kid because their job requires 10-12 hours of their time per day. Nobody wants their kid to not have the things they want because they can't afford it. There still are people who literally YOLO kids and somehow make do, others consider and wait for The Best Time and poof they're 40 and in line for IVF.