US Birthrate Continues to Decline

[JohnDB]

 

[initforme]

See? There's no issue with the birth rate. A solution in search of a problem. The "birthrate decline" is a lie. Fake news. There's plenty of babies. A surplus.

 

[Dont Taz Me Bro]

Then you turned the economy into a rent seeking oligarchy where having kids is unaffordable.

Having children has never been affordable. What has changed is the diminishing value people place on a family as opposed to materialism

 

[initforme]

Having children has never been affordable. What has changed is the diminishing value people place on a family as opposed to materialism

Nope. Not true. People need to be able to afford food, housing. Health insurance, etc. They have adjusted to affordability accordingly. It takes 2 middle class incomes today just for 2 full time workers to barely hang on. People won't have kids they can't afford to take care of. Bottom line.

 

[RoshawnMarkwees]

Having children has never been affordable.

Then how did anybody get here?

 

[initforme]

If materialism is defined by the things people need just to survive then you are correct.

 

[Marener]

Having children has never been affordable. What has changed is the diminishing value people place on a family as opposed to materialism

You sound like you haven’t raised children in a very long time.

 

[Dont Taz Me Bro]

Nope. Not true.

Very true

People need to be able to afford food, housing. Health insurance, etc.

And before they fasted and lived in tents?

They have adjusted to affordability accordingly. It takes 2 middle class incomes today just for 2 full time workers to barely hang on. People won't have kids they can't afford to take care of. Bottom line.

I know a few families with only one income. My niece is a stay-at-home mom of three and her husband is a nurse. I have a coworker who is the sole bread winner and has two kids. I know another guy with three kids and his wife is a stay-at-home mom. His family lives in a trailer (completely paid off) and they regularly shop at the thrift store. What all of these people have in common is they live within their means and don't have largesse.

My father is a Boomer who is one of seven kids and my grandparents never had a pot to piss in, yet they adequately raised and provided for all seven kids and this was before the welfare state. They did this in a three-bedroom house. It is absolutely doable if you prioritize.

Most people today don't want to prioritize having a family over a career (especially women) and want their expensive gadgets and luxuries as opposed to living without those things and raising a family.

 

[Dont Taz Me Bro]

You sound like you haven’t raised children in a very long time.

My son just graduated from Berkeley.

Have a nice day

 

[initforme]

Very true



And before they fasted and lived in tents?



I know a few families with only one income. My niece is a stay-at-home mom of three and her husband is a nurse. I have a coworker who is the sole bread winner and has two kids. I know another guy with three kids and his wife is a stay-at-home mom. His family lives in a trailer (completely paid off) and they regularly shop at the thrift store. What all of these people have in common is they live within their means and don't have largesse.

My father is a Boomer who is one of seven kids and my grandparents never had a pot to piss in, yet they adequately raised and provided for all seven kids and this was before the welfare state. They did this in a three-bedroom house. It is absolutely doable if you prioritize.

Most people today don't want to prioritize having a family over a career (especially women) and want their expensive gadgets and luxuries as opposed to living without those things and raising a family.

Not everyone wants to eek by. No need for many to have kids. It's not a duty. Remember that fact.

 

[initforme]

Very true



And before they fasted and lived in tents?



I know a few families with only one income. My niece is a stay-at-home mom of three and her husband is a nurse. I have a coworker who is the sole bread winner and has two kids. I know another guy with three kids and his wife is a stay-at-home mom. His family lives in a trailer (completely paid off) and they regularly shop at the thrift store. What all of these people have in common is they live within their means and don't have largesse.

My father is a Boomer who is one of seven kids and my grandparents never had a pot to piss in, yet they adequately raised and provided for all seven kids and this was before the welfare state. They did this in a three-bedroom house. It is absolutely doable if you prioritize.

Most people today don't want to prioritize having a family over a career (especially women) and want their expensive gadgets and luxuries as opposed to living without those things and raising a family.

Why should they go without those gadgets? As a Christian I disagree with your surmise.

 

[Dont Taz Me Bro]

Not everyone wants to eek by. No need for many to have kids. It's not a duty. Remember that fact.

In other words, thank you for confirming it is indeed about prioritizing a family versus materialism, exactly as I said.

Have a nice day

 

[initforme]

In other words, thank you for confirming it is indeed about prioritizing a family versus materialism, exactly as I said.

Have a nice day

Too funny. I say hold off on marriage until one is financially well off. The responsible way. Have a nice day.

 

[Marener]

My son just graduated from Berkeley.

Have a nice day

Then don’t judge the financial stress of modern parenting.

The problem isn’t materialism.

 

[initforme]

In other words, thank you for confirming it is indeed about prioritizing a family versus materialism, exactly as I said.

Have a nice day

Too funny. I say hold off on marriage until one is financially well off. The responsible way.

 

[initforme]

Then don’t judge the financial stress of modern parenting.

The problem isn’t materialism.

Winner winner. Irrefutable

 

[DigitalDrifter]

How many kids do you have Candy?

 

[initforme]

Having children has never been affordable. What has changed is the diminishing value people place on a family as opposed to materialism

So if less and less have them what is the problem? Answer? It's not a problem.

 

[initforme]

So funny the OP is.

 

[Lumpy 1]

Those who want to end birthright citizenship don't want anymore black and brown citizens born.

Only if they're criminals and freeloading Democrats playing the system and undermining all hardworking American citizens..