The number of births will continue it's overall decline because major sea-changes in parenting and childhood aren't being considered. We ruined parenting. And

The number of births will continue it's overall decline because major sea-changes in parenting and childhood aren't being considered. We ruined parenting. And we ruined childhood. And even if we pretend those catastrophes never happened, the economy still says No to families. Parenting time is up 20x from a few generations ago. Was a few hours a week. Is now ceaseless. We've wiped out kids free roaming area to satisfy car culture and trespassing culture. We've ended adult-free, peer based, social growth hours. It's impossible for most couples to pair off in a 4-income economy. The last one might get resolved in a decade or two. The first two won't.