And less of:
"..even over the course of the country's five years of slow but steady recovery."
"..more births during the recession and recovery.."
"..has persisted even as the worst effects of the labor market have abated "
" ..as the economy gathers strength"
"..has had the most punishing impact on demographic trends of anything since the Great Depression"
Because the Great Depression was a walk in the park compared to what we're going through now.
I’m sure they would have loved to use more baby-making as an excuse for the decline in workforce participation.
The correct headline should be “Productive and Responsible Women Having Less Children, The Dependent and Irresponsible Women in America Are Breeding Like Rabbits”.
Fear, depression, uncertainty for future safety aren’t a fertility bonanza in the making.
Because kids like to do things like eat, wear clothes, and grow up.
If you don’t have the means, it can really cramp your style.
When the MSM spews the demeaning trash about the White Male people tend to believe it.
Our government is living in a world of lies:
the recovery
Globull warming
the stimulus (government spending stimulates the economy)
people of the same sex can be married
...
Seriously, when your economy outlook is bleak or uncertain, having children is a major economic decision...
Couples with one or two children will not have anymore simply because they are pushed economically already...
Women are having fewer kids, and demographers don’t know why
Let me throw my own favorite reasons why into the pot...
In no particular order:
Cell Phones, aka Smart Phones, Have contributed to the loss of human social contact. I was at the county fair last night and most of the women, Young to about forty I would say, were on their phones constantly. And those that did happen to actually be with a boyfriend were splitting their time between him and the phone.
TV... Women and young children in the TV shows I have had the misfortune to see parts of are smart, witty and ‘oh-so-much-better’ than the men in the shows. Conclusion: Women don’t waste your time on these losers called men; stick with your own sex for better relationships and communication.
Computers: The virtual world of friends, (Facebook), is much more rewarding than the real world around you.
Economy: If you are actually working then you really don’t have much time left for (Smart-Phones, TV, Facebook). If you aren’t working and therefore living off of the taxpayer one way or another then you are to busy looking for a job, (Hopefully).
Otherwise you are in a low-level world where the only time you can really afford to go out and ‘do something’ is when the EBT card gets refilled and you can refill the pantry and the refrigerator. And of course there is always the Smart-phone, TV and Computer, if you have one, to occupy your time.
Bottom line is that there are way to many things to occupy the time of young women in a ‘first-world’ or technological society than having sex with a dedicated partner, (Husband). And besides... Kids take away the time they can devote to their favorite pastimes.
Disclaimer: There are always exceptions, thank God for that otherwise there would be no next generation.
Of course they know why. They are demographers, for crying out loud. We are headed the direction of Japan, Italy, and most post-industrial societies. We are nearing stage 5 of Demographic Transition. This is the true reason for the push for immigration/amnesty.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographic_transition
And less of:
Global warming.
(Or maybe the crisis is not over yet? Just a thought.)
Wonder why. Could it be that they have to work to pay the confiscatory taxes that go to the non-working underclass “oppressed” ones who are having babies like rabbits?
Thus I will punish the world for its evil And the wicked for their iniquity; I will also put an end to the arrogance of the proud And abase the haughtiness of the ruthless. 12I will make mortal man scarcer than pure gold And mankind than the gold of Ophir. 13Therefore I will make the heavens tremble, And the earth will be shaken from its place At the fury of the LORD of hosts In the day of His burning anger.…
NOT IN HAZLETON PA! THE THRID WORLD WELFARE QUEENS ARE PUMPING THEM OUT!
To a large degree, it’s because people have turned their backs to God. Secularists tend to not breed. Also, since the globalist induced crash there is a lot of good young men who would like a wife and children but can’t figure out a way to dependably support them.
Wait, I’m really confused. Aren’t we hearing once again from liberals about the earth being over-populated?
These people can’t keep their stories strait!
Good way to boost the number of kids, is to ban abortion.
Morons. Its clearly due to cultural factors such as women pursuing full time careers, easy access to contraception and abortion, feminism, etc.
Some women really seem to hate children these days, and are eager to admit it.
The. Obama. Depression.
The Obama Depression.
T-H-E O-B-A-M-A D-E-P-R-E-S-S-I-O-N.
There, simple and accurate explanation.