I think some of it is the financial instability of today.
During our years, my wife worked and I held down as many as three jobs at a given time. We had two kids and made a decision to quit there as we didn’t feel we could provide for more in the best way we wished.
Too many don’t look at kids as a responsibility. Some even look at them as a result of their pleasure and not planned, i.e., a mistake. Oh, well..... And some will do it again.
The family unit is disappearing. Too many outside functions and things to do. Parents don’t know their kids and the kids substitute for them with other adults, kids, or fad conditions they sometimes don’t even start to understand. False Gods.
And as long as this generation creates the portal, the next one will walk through it. And the problem continues and will get worse.
rwood
I’m much more optimistic. If you look at who is having large families in our society, if tends to be those with firm religious beliefs. The same folks who are going to categorically reject most of the Malthusian views that permeate the popular “culture.”
Today’s parents who plan and act appropriately will have plenty of grandchildren. Those who remain in thrall to the more ridiculous ideas circulating about won’t.
Politics is a scam and we’re suckers for playing.
Amen. I think one of the reasons traditional families don't have more kids is they are forced through taxation to pay for the children of "failed" families.
I understand the dynamic you’re addressing.
You know, generations have a way of surprising at times.
I wonder if we’re not going to see a revival of better values in coming years.
It’s easy to understand why they wouldn’t, but as I said, things have a way of surprising us.