>>>From the female aspect NO. Simple fact is ECONOMICS, not any other unless you are of a religious sect that promotes high baby producing rates.<<<
I travel the length and breadth of the City of Chicago and much of the suburbs. The City of Chicago is illuminating in that there are many pedestrians to observe. The City is approximately 1/3 white, 1/3 black and 1/3 Hispanic. In the most affluent areas, which are also mostly white, there are more doggy day cares than anywhere else. I see millenial women out jogging, walking their dogs or just going from A to B with headphones on. What I don’t see frequently are children. The black and other white neighborhoods have relatively few children, but much more than the most prosperous areas. The Hispanic neighborhoods, mostly Mexican, are full of kids. And the mothers tend to be younger. I also shop in a suburb that has some muslim immigrants. They have more babies than any other group I see around here.
I don’t think the Mexicans and Muslim parents look at children as being the burden you paint them to be. And because of that, America is on the fast path to being a majority minority country.
What’s the point of this reply? It’s none other than me, showing my displeasure with the predominant culture. The culture that views children as expensive and as a burden.
This country, via the parents of the baby boomers and prior generations, used to have large families for all demographics. This coupled with the fact that America was significantly less prosperous than it is today, underscores that children being viewed as expensive or a burden is at odds with our past.
Didn’t say they were a burden, economics is a very common reason educated whites have fewer children, just a factor.
Memphis you see that in the smaller burbs, city is comprised of workers and tourist. A different world.
This immoral society allows women the freedom of not having children or spouses. Have a step daughter that while not amoral is a single 40 yr old with a dog and her own IT business, and won’t even date a man who makes less than her. Seen all her friends divorce over that. Since she is the only ‘employee’ she is married to the business.
Even as a poor person back in my time 4 was the average for children unless they were from farm families.
That is not the average population as I’m drawing on my neighborhood and family. 2 children are the rule, few have 3 they all want good schools and college for them, both parents work. Just had our 7th grand daughter 2 weeks ago, grandson turns 16 in 2 weeks he is an only child, G. Grand 6 is still pre-born and will be a #2 for that family and the in the last, parents are college educated business focused. Still have a couple not married, the male might, female who is the eldest and nearing 40 has 2 bi-racial a 13 and a 4 yr old, not planning on marriage and nature took care of her having more.
Neighborhood is a mix, and we have quite a few children in it all age ranges, but most are 2 children families where both parents work. The only race not here are muslims. Memphis is a different story lots of unwed births where the kids are just a pay check, Not cherished.