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> I remember chatting with our midwife, and she commented how well (physically) young women (<~23) handle birthing and after. Probably that's around the age wh
by margorczynski 2y ago
> I remember chatting with our midwife, and she commented how well (physically) young women (<~23) handle birthing and after.
Probably that's around the age when women had children for most of humanity's existence and what works best.
> Economically, culturally, and emotionally it's not a great idea these days though.
Maybe changing that should be the main focus of our governments? There is a clear quantitative signal (birth rates) that show our current approach to culture and life in general isn't working.
- lotsofpulp 2y agoI don’t think the government can change it. At the most basic, women, like men, desire financial freedom, and that requires being valuable in the workforce (or having passive income from investments). Straight paying women to have that financial security is also a problem, because you don’t want to incentivize someone to just have kids, you want to incentivize them to have well raised kids, and that is impossible to measure and a political quagmire.