A new study finds the number of nonparents who never want children is growing in the United States.
  • exasperation@lemm.eeEnglish
    291·
    18 hours ago

    People without financial security: “kids are too expensive and I would be exhausted trying to provide for them”

    People with financial security: “I’m having a good time, adding a kid to this mix would really require a step back in my lifestyle.”

    • joel_feila@lemmy.world
      11·
      11 hours ago

      And yet the people most concerned about birth rates fight the hardest against anything that would make people have more kids

    • na_th_an@lemmy.world
      261·
      17 hours ago

      There’s also the moral question of “do I want to add a living person to the world I wish I didn’t exist in?”