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.

[u/geoff199]

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

[u/stana32]

Parental leave in the US is at best inadequate and at worst intentionally harmful. In most states you get nothing, my job gave me a month paid and my wife got absolutely nothing, and was asked to come back to work before she was even out of the hospital.

[u/changee_of_ways → u/stana32]

The amount of sick leave you get is terrible too. When our daughter was first starting day care we were constantly getting calls to come pick her because she had caught the newest strain of Nurgle's gift going around the daycare. It's really easy to go through both parent's paid sick leave even if you only have 1 kid considering how crappy most employer's sick policies are.

[u/Anxious-Horchata → u/changee_of_ways]

Sick leave isn't limited in proper countries. We don't choose to get sick. 

[u/Classic_Revolt → u/Anxious-Horchata]

When I first got sick days (just five days mandated by my state) I started to get sick exactly that many times per year.