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In reply to the discussion: Why So Few Babies? We Might Have Overlooked the Biggest Reason of All [View all]

NNadir

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5. We had our two sons when Bill Clinton was President. We wouldn't do so now, were we young enough to do so.
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Mon May 25, 2026, 03:48 PM
May 25

I don't think we'll ever be grandparents, but we have two cats.

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Why So Few Babies? We Might Have Overlooked the Biggest Reason of All [View all] ancianita May 25 OP
Even if I were inclined to have wanted kids, FoxNewsSucks May 25 #1
Totally understandable. Yours is the same reason my youngest son refuses to ever have children. ancianita May 25 #2
Yep. I felt that way 45 years ago. Auggie May 25 #3
The reason for so few babies is that people can now plan their families and avoid unwanted pregnancies. Midnight Writer May 25 #4
Maybe to some extent, but hope or no hope for the near future seems to matter greatly Attilatheblond May 25 #6
We had our two sons when Bill Clinton was President. We wouldn't do so now, were we young enough to do so. NNadir May 25 #5
Understood. Were I young I'd note the international numbers and seriously consider doing the same. ancianita May 25 #11
I have always told right to lifers randr May 25 #7
Amen, amen! ancianita May 25 #8
George Carlin's description of pro-forced birthers, oops, right-to-lifers: niyad May 25 #10
I was very fortunate to come of age when The Pill was becoming niyad May 25 #9
It takes two incomes in many cases just to pay for rent, car, living expenses. Diamond_Dog May 25 #12
I think AI is in the background, being used for jobs humans used to do, men included. Though AI will never surpass human ancianita May 25 #13
My grandson decided at the age of twenty-two that he was never going to have kids. Aristus May 25 #14
It is because women now have a choice to say "no" to men and their institutions. valleyrogue May 25 #15
yup Skittles May 25 #16
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