No American babies, no greatness: The average number of kids per U.S. woman has dropped in the past 10 years

American Thinker ^ | 07/01/2020 | Alejandro Macarron

[DeFault User]

Same with the fact that most folks in the western world no longer live on farms, where the more children you have, the more farm workers you eventually have.

Both my mother and father grew up on farms in the early part of the 20th century. Both families had 10-12 children with one or two dying young When grown, those children had one or two, usually two children. One had three. With a few exceptions, the children of those children had one child, with a few exceptions. So I can see the declining birthrate in my own family.

It's interesting to me that the family that had the hardest, deprived childhood (3 children) turned out to be the one that achieved the most wealth and success. Learning hard work and thrift pays off.

[Jeff Chandler]

Look at the majority of rioters, women.

I noticed that. Hordes of angry, hollow females in their twenties.

[dfwgator]

[elcid1970]

I would if it were me choose Costa Rica. Mild climate, easy to learn language, moderate cost of living, closer to the U.S., etc.

And you just might be able to keep a gun in the house.

[JeanLM]

In 2018 there were 8,526,000 white kids with one parent which is 2 million more than black kids in similar circumstances. Not only are we having fewer kids but more don’t have two parents. The feminist movement stifles any negative coverage of simgle mother families but it has the same negative effects on whites that it has on blacks. We have more poverty and crime and fewer productive citizens to go to work. This is a formula for social disaster.

[EEGator]

I took 3 years of Spanish, and am currently using Pimsleur for Spanish. No matter what, I’m scoping Costa Rica on my next vacation.

[cymbeline]

“Birth control allowed women to become more promiscuous, like men”

To generalize:

Birth control allowed women to become more like men.

Another factor: women can do most jobs that men once did. For instance, operating a bulldozer requires only the flicking of the wrists and pedal touching, and a lot of their cabs are air conditioned.

[cymbeline]

Kids used to be useful to the parents as they aged but not much anymore. The kids were needed back then, especially the men. Now they are merely desired (or not desired).

[Mr Information]

I’ve seen the claim that the first person who will live to 200 has already been born. So imagine how much worse your scenario is going to get!