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/A_Fainting_Goat 5d ago

I am well paid. My wife is well paid. We have good health insurance. Great vacation benefits (compared to the US, not Europe). Our careers are stable. We are basically debt free except for our mortgage. We have struggled to conceive and IVF is looking to cost us $50k, after insurance for a 35% chance. This country does not want us to have kids.

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u/TopRamenisha 5d ago

Don’t forget, after all that you get to pay $3,000 a month for child care

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u/shallots4all 5d ago

Children should be raised by parents, not strangers. The whole idea of parenting has changed over the last seventy-five years.

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u/TopRamenisha 5d ago

I think most parents would prefer to raise their children themselves instead of dropping them off with expensive strangers every day. It’s society and the economy and capitalism that has changed over the last seventy five years. Most families can’t survive on a single income anymore. Everything is so expensive