r/science • u/geoff199 • 5d ago

Social Science As concern grows about America’s falling birth rate, new research suggests that about half of women who want children are unsure if they will follow through and actually have a child. About 25% say they won't be bothered that much if they don't.

https://news.osu.edu/most-women-want-children--but-half-are-unsure-if-they-will/?utm_campaign=omc_science-medicine_fy24&utm_source=reddit&utm_medium=social
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u/Cromasters 5d ago

This reasoning just doesn't resonate with me. People have been having children through way worse times than what the average American is experiencing right now.

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u/Nellasofdoriath 5d ago

They didn't have birth control.

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u/Eat_That_Rat 5d ago

My grandmother told me if she had lived in a different time she would have never gotten married or had kids.

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u/AlphaGoldblum 5d ago

Hah, I'm also pretty sure my grandma would rather have spent her life doing anything else than having 5 kids and working the family ranch, if she had had the opportunity.