I'm just repeating basically what everyone else said : we can barely afford to pay to live with roommates, kids are so insanely expensive not to mention you need to make sure you're emotionally mature enough to take care of a child. Having kids these days is a privilege not a requirement
@@IAMYETTI25 It is expensive to have kids if you want to send your kids to school wearing $300 sneakers and stupid-looking interlocking Gucci belts. This is what I'm seeing most of these degenerate parents doing. It's no wonder why no one wants to have kids anymore when peoples' priorities aren't well established. Too many people are focused on image, impressing peers, and not paying any attention to the quality of kids' characters. Great comment!
Lower birth rates? yeah, because kids are expensive and so is everything else now days. I remember when rent for a two bedroom apartment used to be only 400 bucks. The only thing you can get for 400 buck today is a down payment for a 6x6 shed.
well should have gotten a useful degree or went into trade school. victims of your own choices. oh wait sorry cant play games all day and hold down a good paying job.
@@rectorkirk1158 why are you commenting negative posts on every post. Many people have degrees and are applying everywhere , but companies are just not willing to pay . Nowadays even getting paid 45k a year is something to be grateful about. Shooting down everyone isn’t going to make the problem better.
Unpredictable unemployment, unaffordable housing, unaffordable childcare, health care, inflation and on top of that you want to add kids? No thank you, life is already difficult in itself, no need to add worries and financial stress on top of everything else
I think a big turn off is growing up seeing your mother struggle without emotional, physical or financial support from your father and the high rate of divorce and cheating after having a child.
I’m in my late 40s and single. I’ve started the foster care and adoption process for older kids. We don’t need a bunch of new people just to take care of the elderly. Babies are wonderful, but we need to take care the ones who are here.
The world need more people like you. If I ever change my mind I will foster/ adopt teens. It is a more valiant thing than just sleeping with someone and carrying the result.
Breeding is murder. Breeding is nonconsensual to the born and to everyone else already here. Breeding is selfish. Learn and practice antinatalism. Go childfree!
*Government:* Don't have kids if you can't afford them. *Millenials and genZ:* Don't have kids if we can't afford them. *Government:* Why'all not having kids? (Surprise Pickachu face)
I would like to thank the Federal Reserve for a decline in birth rate. People are delaying because of economics. Federal Reserve has priced children into our 40's. Children will be priced out for Gen Z. I'm expecting at least 25% of Gen Z will not have children. I wouldn't be surprised if 50% don't have children.
That is depressing. The declining birth rate is a problem. Yes the world is still growing in population, but not via birth rates in first world countries. I hope the government could give more perks and money kickbacks for people to have kids as the problem gets worse... We don't want to become like Japan.
@@arlo1510 Okay that can be your opinion, but the entire human population is very unlikely to go extinct. By not having more people, there would be a lot of struggles for a long time for future generations.
@@rachelle2227 Struggles are better than extinction, which is what will happen if we continue to have children in a world in which every person born contributes about 9 tons of carbon to the atmosphere. Get global warming reversed and deal with the difficulties of the aged population for a generation or two, then keep the population stable. That’s what I would suggest if we want humanity to survive. Whether people actually do it… well, that’s likely more a concern of your children. I don’t have any to worry about. 😉
Having children at this point is a privilege a few can realistic have. Housing, education, etc is too much of an economic burden, and that's without including hobbies and items a child needs/should have for pleasure (toys, clothing etc). Also, getting a full-time job is not a guarantee, which is visible from the unemployment rate, including increasing demand for higher education from any potential applicants (which takes a lot of time go gain)
@@RaheelPervaiz123 I don’t want kids, even if I could afford it I’m not bringing new life into this Barron world. Your kids will inherit the Barron wasteland from which I partied on
Barely making enough to get by for me and my cat , I also read books and trying to go for a masters for better job . Kids will seriously cripple me financially, emotionally and physically. And I won’t have any time left to better myself. I am not alone , I am sure there are many people like me . Plain and simple, raising a baby will literally put you down to your knees in nearly all aspects of life if you are not ready at least financially. Don’t have kids early.
Have kids early if you are financially ready and mentally prepared. That’s the only 2 reasons. Other than that, don’t force people do not have kids early if they don’t want to
Why have kids when it's hard af to survive let alone have another mouth to shelter and feed, fck that I'll smoke weed and drink a beer with no kids and debris free finance
@@InVinoVeratas actually, she was talking about the fact that kids are very expensive and the economy sucks, that's why it's not parents fault they're having kids later. Not that it was because they didn't want kids because "men evil", you just jumped to that conclusion.
@@RaheelPervaiz123 Yet when they don't delay and then live in poverty unable to get by without welfare because they didn't work on establishing their economic stability first, they get "well you shouldn't have had children you couldn't afford."
@@InVinoVeratas like men are rushing to become fathers ;) I know many women who would want to get married and have kids in their 20's , they can't find a man who wants to settle and take that responsability. This weird war between men and women is also part of the problem, we need to lurn how to look at each other wit respect and compassion , or else , how can we pretend to care for children? Children mark the end of selfishness , you need to forget about your own well being , it's pretty difficult when you were raised in comfort and lack of responsability. Puting someone's needs above your own is difficult.
@@iliaadamanthark8336 exactly. let it burn bro. its been time. a chick will ruin a whole household to go cheat. then wanna try to play victim when they get caught. thats why im not doing relationships. either im fucin or not. simple as that. i don’t even date but when im a millionaire im still taken chicks to mcdonalds.
@@raizen_maziku Yes, adultery and moral degradation will certainly be a downfall of a civilization. Yet people won't realize, sooner or later it will be too late...
Well duh. Many men and women in the age-group that might be expected to be having kids now are paying hundreds upon hundreds of dollars every single month in student loan payments. Kids are not something that is affordable for most now.
and dying in your bed many years from now, would you be willin' to trade ALL the days, from this day to that, for one chance, just one chance, to come back here and tell young generation make family, raise kids, because dying along sucks
@@VuqarIE I WANT to die alone without affecting anyone, kids, family or whatever. I am not afraid of dying without "leaving a legacy". I'd rather not leave one and be forgotten. Not to mention, I'd be probably get the ironic "parent of the year" award to that kid untill he's 13. Kids under the age of 13 feel disgusting to even touch to me.
A few things, having a child in America is increasingly becoming something the middle aged and well off, and privileged, wealthy people do. Having a child too young for most people is almost a guaranteed ticket to into a cycle of poverty or at minimum indefinitely delaying your own dreams and aspiration until your children are grown. Middle aged people and wealthy people have children because having them does not mean they’ll end up in a lower class bracket, or having to give up dreams. If the government wants to encourage people in their youth to make babies then it has to ensure that having them won’t be a ticket into poverty and that childcare and family paid leave is a thing. More broadly the government also needs to look beyond its 1950’s notions of family planning. Not every household that would like to have a child is cis-het. So the government needs to include unconventional straight/queer /non-binary couples, and straight/queer/non-binary/ individuals who would like to have children in its efforts to boost fertility in the future. That means subsidizing non-conventional methods of child birth and fertility treatments for couples and individuals that would like to have children who would ordinarily not have them unless they were wealthy.
I finally just got two of those and I'm 34 :( I don't think a house in the cards for me and with the state of my country and climate change, no kids either
I just entered the workforce and I’m about to be 21. I have a degree and work 9 hour days and get crap pay. The thought of dating and children is so far off because I’m insanely busy and really just crave time to myself. Even if I will be financially stable at 30, I come home exhausted and can’t imagine trying to balance a relationship and or other people on top of that anytime soon.
@@agees924 I’m happy that you found a stable job, and yes personal time is much needed, you gotta find out how to balance the two, because if not, the burn out and eventual depression starts to rear their ugly heads
oh bs social oprograms are not defunded. im paying less interest now on a mortgage now than 35 years ago. you kids really have been brain washed in school.
My career is my priority right now I’m 24 starting nursing school soooo definitely can’t have babies right now and I’d like to get my doctorate, save up, buy a house, so my children will have a comfortable life. So I’ll be in my early to mid 30s…
@Sam Beckett but the technology and medicines far exceed what we have in the past. If there are any birthing complications past 30, gynaecologist or what not doctors are able to resolve it.
I recommend not, the most unhappy woman in modern day is an unmarried older woman with a 6 figure job and no kids. Early 20s is the most vital time for the woman to make a family. Once you reach your 30s your career wont mean much, if no guy wants to marry an older woman. You might get short term relationships, but nothing serious for long. Dont be the one to hit the wall.
@Sam Beckett I hope you understand that a woman that is a young adult probably would not be able to take care of a child because they most likely are not financially stable enough, around those early adult years in their life they are focused on a career so they can settle down and be successful by the time they are mid-aged adults. Some probably just started a banking account and you expect them to care for a child?
Low birth rates? Good. There are too many people anyways. Seriously though. I'm a 24 y/o woman who have no plans of getting kids. Ever. It would just be too expensive and time consuming and most of all mentally draining. I'd rather live comfortable with a job i like and money on the side to use the way i want. Spoiling my niece and any future kids of my siblings is enough. Sure there are times i look at my niece for like a sec when she is behaving like an angel and i think "maybe it wouldn't be so ba-" and then i regain my senses.
@@Madmongul That is just one messed up world, which in REALITY is not a better world. I rather be with the outliers than deluding myself by following looneys like the ones that generalize. Roll my eyes.
My husband and I put off having a baby for a year because of the pandemic... I didn't want to have to go to the clinic/hospital during the height of the pandemic, nor would I want to have my baby be at risk at all and let me family see them... I also wanted my family and I to be totally vaccinated. So we put it off. I'm 7 weeks pregnant now.
I'm 29 and it'll still be a few years before I have my first baby...which I plan to adopt. College took several years, now I'm in the early stages of my career and have to purchase a home suitable for children while paying off my student loans. I would have loved to have had children in my early 20s but it just wasn't realistically possible - even aiming for 31 or 32 is the best case scenario. Having children any earlier would have meant a difficult early life for my kids that I didn't, and don't, want them to have to deal with. I'll wait. And I know several other women who made the same choice.
A lot of women are more responsible now with their decision of when to have children. It's actually a good thing for all of us. Thank you for planning responsibly.
@@JeffCaplan313 Women are realizing that a typical husband today is just a roommate... At best. If a husband cannot/will not provide or protect for his family, you might as well stay single. And even if he is one, a smart woman knows (in the back of her mind) that a man can leave at any time. Women (even married) have to always factor in the chance that they may end up going it alone, just in case.
I am glad the birth rate is low. I wish i was never born. Thats why i am thankful women have abortions. I hope abortions help lower the birth rate even more.
This is great news for the planet, climate, traffic, jobs, etc I could go on forever. The news will always try and present it as problem because its only a problem for the greedy governments.
Even when you are financially successful, it’s hardly feasible for one parent to stay at home with the child while the other works. I want one parent to be consistently present in my child’s life until they are able to attend school. If 3 day weekends aren’t normalized, Universal Basic Income isn’t passed, and wages don’t keep up with inflation, I’ll avoid marriage/children and enjoy investing in myself 🤷🏻♂️. I’m in no rush to get a home either considering job hopping for pay raises makes it impossible to put roots in the ground.
@@Labyrinth6000 The idea is to cover loopholes big corps use to avoid taxes. Then redistribute that money evenly to the public. UBI does not provide enough money to get by without working. It simply alleviates stress if you lose your job.
@GOCID2013 I invested in myself and became a successful web developer. I’m in a career I love. I’m not struggling - but I would be if I had kids. Also, No corporation should get free handouts and pay zero in taxes. Don’t make assumptions. 🤷🏻♂️
I can’t believe the experts thought covid restrictions would bring people closer. I was in the Navy folks and let me tell when you see the same people for days you begin to become annoyed with their presence. So in all honesty covid restrictions as well as the aftermath of it tore couples apart rather than bought them together.
Actually, it is not that happy end. They will soon extinct due to the inbreeding. Moreover, there are people required to support their luxury lifestyle, like nursery, or fixing programs in robots, in another words someone must do a dirty job.
Plenty of women are chosing not to have kids, one is rising inflation (most people can't afford high living expenses) mortgage, rent, car payments, car insurance, health insurance, utilities, food, gas, student loans, etc. The other challenge is the rising maternal mortality rate, it's high in this country and it's getting worse each year! Why would women get pregnant when there is too many risks for one person? Of course, men and women are avoiding parenthood in this country.
Of course because not a lot of women want to go through the pain to have a child. Especially when its just them in a relationship. Remember pregnancy falls on a women, not really a man . And that causes unnecessary pain
No thanks, lol. I'd rather spend my precious time and money on myself. If anything, I'm looking to get my tubes tied cus having a child is literally a nightmare scenario for me.
I like to exercise 12 plus hours a week. I don’t have time for a family or children. I’m addict to exercise and it’s worst than being addicted to sex. No I can’t have kids because, I don’t want to watch them. That’s training time wasted. Why waste life? Life is short.
I love her ally shirt. Super awesome insight. As for Darth Mendez, you can look at government data and it shows their is no correlation between lowered birth rates and abortion. In fact, abortion laws have stricken more in the past few years.
Why have children when you can be wealthy and have double income and have a freestyle romance. Women enjoy their freedoms now. Men dont want families either.
Not only is it more expensive but more people now want to wait until they are in serious relationships or married and many people today are waiting to do that amd focusing on their career or until they are financially stable
Fear of divorce is a significant reason why men are not marrying which naturally decreases the number of children born... but society choose to ignore that reason...for now.
@56 main reason is our "moving out of our parents house" culture. We don't have enough money to do that, and if we rent, it's still expensive. Can't have kids then
Look, costs for birth, cost of tent, cost of food/clothing, time restrictions, other bills, job demands, zero benefits, and high cost of education....why on earth would ordinary people have kids ?...wasn't it Bernake Fed Res who said job insecurity is good for the US ?
As someone who has one child(6yo), and just 2 years ago started to consider having another (but have had bumps in the road), I've noticed that having kids is frowned upon these days. People prefer dogs over kids in restaurants. And I love dogs! Yet I don't understand at what point giving birth to another human stopped being awed and appreciated. It's part of the culture not to want kids, but also a lot of people here are correct about it being almost impossible to afford to raise them. My wish was to have 2 kids close in age, but now my son is 6 and no sibling in sight yet. If you have a decent job that barely pays the rent you are not qualified for medical here. I know because that's me. Just because i can afford my rent and bills (barely) i have to pay my own insurance as well which is a deductible so if i have another child that's at least 8grand out of pocket. Makes me almost want to have my kid in another country.
Sorry you feel that way, but the fact is we already have too many people as it is, and most of us are already overburdened with human contact on a daily basis. Having children isn’t “awed and appreciated” anymore because it’s just, well, not special. When we’re already drowning in overpopulation another child is not an achievement; they’re a drop in the bucket.
Birth rates are not complicated. Family blocks have been destroyed and no one is getting married or starting families. By the time ladies are ready they are either too old or no one is interested in them. When I was a kid (70's) you married your girlfriend when you got out of High School and had kids by your early 20's. But then in those days a guy could make enough to buy a house, car, and raise a family with a stay at home mom and not have to go to collage to get a burger flipping job and be in debt till their 30's. Them days is over now, you go to collage fresh out of school, get a job, and about mid 30's you start looking for a mate. Problem is, both have to work now to make ends meet and no one want to stay home and raise a kid. Add in this flawed concept that the guy has to make more then her and be Mr. 6 foot plus perfect and ladies find themselves sitting things out as the middle aged guys with resources look for something younger to start a family with. Yep, sadly ladies have to make a choice when they get out of High School, Family or career. It takes a rare person to be able to balance both at the same time and it is a lot of work. But hey, look at the bright side of all this, Work places have doubled their work force so do not have to pay as much and collages have us fooled into thinking we HAVE to go into debt till our 30's while taking their 2 or 4 year socialist brain washing program. We get out of collage in debt up to our ears, undertrained, and perfect little drones trained to do as we are told.
Could just be a proactive adult and vote on that child support bill that shows up every voting cycle to change the child support laws to be more fair and balanced, but it needs more votes to pass, however, that requires getting away from your computer and out of that smelly basement. The choice is yours.
Among the 6 reasons listed there should have been a seventh: lack of affordable housing. Even birds have the sense to ensure that there is a nest available before they lay their eggs! Why is affordable housing missing from that list?🙄
Exactly. Those who benefit from a well-educated society - i.e. everyone/anyone, such as politicians, who rants about so-called "terrible education system" - should be forced to pay BOTH students AND teachers to go to college and trade/technical schools.
You are at the tail end of your fertility, after 30 your chances of finding a man to have a child and family gets very difficult very fast. If you have a sexual past it becomes even harder since guys dont wanna wife up a girl that has a sexually filled past.
@@zukodude487987 Good! Don't want to date a man who worries about the amount of dicks I have sucked. We are animals, sex and sexual desire is natural and should be embraced in a safe manner.
@@sassypetshop Well that is cute, but just like a guys worth is his height, looks, status and income, a girls worth is her looks, youth and purity. There is a reason why men dont want to marry older woman. They have been ran through more times than the Holland tunnel.The womans ability to pair bond decreases with multiple partners and makes her more likely to cheat on you etc. When you are young you think you are indestructable and can do anything you want. But as you age you become more disagreeable with men which men dont like and you are in your decline years in your 30s. I am not trying to be toxic, i am just saying the honest truth, because girls tell each other lies that they deserve the best and their age, weight, looks dont matter and they deserve the best while also being a single mother. A womans prime is in her 20s, a guys prime is in his mid 30s and a guy in his prime wont look for woman older with damaged goods and all loose with an attitude. You can dislike what i say, but i am just being honest about reality.
Marriage is supposed to be for life not till something younger, less saggy from childbirth and frazzled from juggling jobs and cooking cleaning etc comes along. If a chap decides to move on the existing kids still need to be paid for and supported if not by their father, who? Pay up and go or stay put.
lol! kids! have kids when you can afford them! "surprised Pikachu face" you listened??? eta maybe now we can get some of the children out of foster care?
I remember going to public school and being shoved in my face to get a job all the time and no one ever said to me its okay to be a mom. I had kids at 20 and homeschool. The amish people know what they are doing and the older I get the more i realize we all should be amish
Gov't gives more financial help to single parent households then 2 parent households. 2 parent households are fitting the bill for everyone. Taxes too high. Prices on gas, grocery, clothes, furniture, houses, cars, electricity, water, internet all too high.
Should the government have the legal right to force people to use their bodies against their will to save the life of another person? Even at risk Of death, quality of life, physical damage to self, and financial ruin? Body autonomy is important. We even award it to our dead.
Congrats to that older Mom with the biracial son! They don’t look alike but that’s what happens in that kind of relationship situation. I’d say economics is the main reason why people don’t want to marry or have kids. The world is overpopulated with political instability all over the place so there’s really no reason for people to marry or have kids anymore.
I'm just repeating basically what everyone else said : we can barely afford to pay to live with roommates, kids are so insanely expensive not to mention you need to make sure you're emotionally mature enough to take care of a child. Having kids these days is a privilege not a requirement
Yet the dumbest, and poorest people just keep cranking kids out. Watch the movie Idiocracy.
@@cazmaniandevil1 If you want to see true stupidity look at the " educated " kids taking out college loans .
@@juandomingoperon7965 they aren't shooting each other over drugs, and thug bullshit. Let's join a gang or the cartel, or become a rapper.... genius.
Lol kids aren't expensive as you think
@@IAMYETTI25 It is expensive to have kids if you want to send your kids to school wearing $300 sneakers and stupid-looking interlocking Gucci belts. This is what I'm seeing most of these degenerate parents doing. It's no wonder why no one wants to have kids anymore when peoples' priorities aren't well established. Too many people are focused on image, impressing peers, and not paying any attention to the quality of kids' characters. Great comment!
Lower birth rates? yeah, because kids are expensive and so is everything else now days. I remember when rent for a two bedroom apartment used to be only 400 bucks. The only thing you can get for 400 buck today is a down payment for a 6x6 shed.
More like a refrigerator box rental.😧
Its not the expense. Its the Females. Im 6'2 and off the market because the Modern woman dont stack up to her ancestors.
@@hia5235 what do you mean ?
@@kenchambers7137 apparently that person knows exactly what our ancestors were like. Smh
@@hia5235 LMAO. I guess you’re as picky as I am, looks like we’re both gonna be dying single as a slice of cheese on this blessed day.
Who can afford to have kids nowadays, a lot of us can barely afford living alone never mind having rugrats...
well should have gotten a useful degree or went into trade school. victims of your own choices. oh wait sorry cant play games all day and hold down a good paying job.
rector kirk Ok Boomer
@@rectorkirk1158 why are you commenting negative posts on every post. Many people have degrees and are applying everywhere , but companies are just not willing to pay . Nowadays even getting paid 45k a year is something to be grateful about. Shooting down everyone isn’t going to make the problem better.
@@rectorkirk1158 Even with a trade or a degree it's just not possible.
@@rectorkirk1158so your babies will be in daycare all day or someone else will raise them while you work all day long?
ain't nobody helping anyone raise a kid lol
Unpredictable unemployment, unaffordable housing, unaffordable childcare, health care, inflation and on top of that you want to add kids? No thank you, life is already difficult in itself, no need to add worries and financial stress on top of everything else
.. children are nor just "worries and financial stress" ... from someone who worries a lot and would'nt change a thing.
People's Party.
well just maybe you shoukdnt have voted on raising taxes or for democrats to begin with.
@@rectorkirk1158 This all started when the Republicans failed to get covid under control that's happening now is the storm.
@@rectorkirk1158
Higher taxes are what the richest people should be paying. I should be paying more taxes too. 😘
I think a big turn off is growing up seeing your mother struggle without emotional, physical or financial support from your father and the high rate of divorce and cheating after having a child.
so maybe women should not have devorced the guy who loved her. but its ok for her to cheat on the husband.
@@rectorkirk1158 not all divorced women leave men who are good. Some are bad or leave their women for others
@@rectorkirk1158
What makes you think he loved her? 😋
I’m in my late 40s and single. I’ve started the foster care and adoption process for older kids. We don’t need a bunch of new people just to take care of the elderly. Babies are wonderful, but we need to take care the ones who are here.
The world need more people like you.
If I ever change my mind I will foster/ adopt teens. It is a more valiant thing than just sleeping with someone and carrying the result.
Exactly! People don’t realize how many kids are in the system and are in need of a loving home. God bless you for doing this!
A smart person noticed
Breeding is murder. Breeding is nonconsensual to the born and to everyone else already here.
Breeding is selfish. Learn and practice antinatalism. Go childfree!
is it cheaper to have biological kids or adoption?
*Government:* Don't have kids if you can't afford them.
*Millenials and genZ:* Don't have kids if we can't afford them.
*Government:* Why'all not having kids? (Surprise Pickachu face)
@WhitegirlmagicisPower I believe ya 🙄
I would like to thank the Federal Reserve for a decline in birth rate. People are delaying because of economics. Federal Reserve has priced children into our 40's. Children will be priced out for Gen Z. I'm expecting at least 25% of Gen Z will not have children. I wouldn't be surprised if 50% don't have children.
That is depressing. The declining birth rate is a problem. Yes the world is still growing in population, but not via birth rates in first world countries. I hope the government could give more perks and money kickbacks for people to have kids as the problem gets worse... We don't want to become like Japan.
@@rachelle2227 i mean humanity going extinct would be the best thing to happen to the entire ecosystem soooooooooooooo
all for it
@@arlo1510 Okay that can be your opinion, but the entire human population is very unlikely to go extinct. By not having more people, there would be a lot of struggles for a long time for future generations.
I'll be 40 before I probably have kids if at all. Currently 34.
@@rachelle2227
Struggles are better than extinction, which is what will happen if we continue to have children in a world in which every person born contributes about 9 tons of carbon to the atmosphere. Get global warming reversed and deal with the difficulties of the aged population for a generation or two, then keep the population stable. That’s what I would suggest if we want humanity to survive. Whether people actually do it… well, that’s likely more a concern of your children. I don’t have any to worry about. 😉
😒 they are more worried about economics. Life is to expensive to live.
Having children at this point is a privilege a few can realistic have. Housing, education, etc is too much of an economic burden, and that's without including hobbies and items a child needs/should have for pleasure (toys, clothing etc). Also, getting a full-time job is not a guarantee, which is visible from the unemployment rate, including increasing demand for higher education from any potential applicants (which takes a lot of time go gain)
They don't want you to have kids especially strong young men
@@RaheelPervaiz123 I don’t want kids, even if I could afford it I’m not bringing new life into this Barron world. Your kids will inherit the Barron wasteland from which I partied on
@@RaheelPervaiz123
I’m not sure who “they” are, but I agree with them. 😎🍻
I don't want to produce cogs for the machine.
Exactly!
“American are having less births.”
Me: Well, (gestures at everything)… yeah.
No marriage
No divorce
No Alimony
No child support
Result happy life....😎😁😁
Barely making enough to get by for me and my cat , I also read books and trying to go for a masters for better job . Kids will seriously cripple me financially, emotionally and physically. And I won’t have any time left to better myself. I am not alone , I am sure there are many people like me . Plain and simple, raising a baby will literally put you down to your knees in nearly all aspects of life if you are not ready at least financially. Don’t have kids early.
Have kids early if you are financially ready and mentally prepared. That’s the only 2 reasons. Other than that, don’t force people do not have kids early if they don’t want to
@@Neyobe kids will eat your free time . Almost all of it . You don’t have enough time to better yourself
Life is too short and work is stressful enough. Why add more stress unnecessarily?
Yeah, can't afford kids.
Why have kids when it's hard af to survive let alone have another mouth to shelter and feed, fck that I'll smoke weed and drink a beer with no kids and debris free finance
"mothers are delaying" like it's our fault.
@@InVinoVeratas actually, she was talking about the fact that kids are very expensive and the economy sucks, that's why it's not parents fault they're having kids later. Not that it was because they didn't want kids because "men evil", you just jumped to that conclusion.
Who else would be the problem ?
@@RaheelPervaiz123 Yet when they don't delay and then live in poverty unable to get by without welfare because they didn't work on establishing their economic stability first, they get "well you shouldn't have had children you couldn't afford."
@@InVinoVeratas like men are rushing to become fathers ;) I know many women who would want to get married and have kids in their 20's , they can't find a man who wants to settle and take that responsability. This weird war between men and women is also part of the problem, we need to lurn how to look at each other wit respect and compassion , or else , how can we pretend to care for children? Children mark the end of selfishness , you need to forget about your own well being , it's pretty difficult when you were raised in comfort and lack of responsability. Puting someone's needs above your own is difficult.
@@backintimealwyn5736 sure they can. Go find a thug, criminal, or drug dealer. Those are your fathers
we can barely afford a house let alone a child
You can have a full happy life without being a parent.
Amen
Yup, let the world burn right
@@iliaadamanthark8336 exactly. let it burn bro. its been time. a chick will ruin a whole household to go cheat. then wanna try to play victim when they get caught. thats why im not doing relationships. either im fucin or not. simple as that. i don’t even date but when im a millionaire im still taken chicks to mcdonalds.
@@raizen_maziku Yes, adultery and moral degradation will certainly be a downfall of a civilization. Yet people won't realize, sooner or later it will be too late...
@@iliaadamanthark8336
Check into climate change if you want something that’ll end civilization.
2 of my sisters decided they didn’t want kids. 🤷♀️
Enjoy your cats
@@RaheelPervaiz123 Oh we will, that’s the point.
Your sisters are smart.
@@RaheelPervaiz123 That’s entirely the point.
Well duh. Many men and women in the age-group that might be expected to be having kids now are paying hundreds upon hundreds of dollars every single month in student loan payments. Kids are not something that is affordable for most now.
who choice was its to go into tuition debt for a worthless degree ? such a pathetic argument.
No one in the right mind would bring a child to this taxing world now days.
But having support (though delayed) is always a plus.
I rather see less teen pregnancy. I could also see more robot work force in the future now.
and dying in your bed many years from now, would you be willin' to trade ALL the days, from this day to that, for one chance, just one chance, to come back here and tell young generation make family, raise kids, because dying along sucks
@@VuqarIE depending on the younger generations attitude to begin with about self sacrificing and responsibilities.
Ever since 19th century the scientists and sci fi novel are warning us about over population, now we are finally turning away from it
@@VuqarIE I WANT to die alone without affecting anyone, kids, family or whatever. I am not afraid of dying without "leaving a legacy". I'd rather not leave one and be forgotten. Not to mention, I'd be probably get the ironic "parent of the year" award to that kid untill he's 13. Kids under the age of 13 feel disgusting to even touch to me.
Economy is collapsing dude. You will be venezuela 2.0,marxist s**hole, not robits lol.
Its ducking expensive...point blank
I can't even imagine taking care of my two dogs without help from my mom and aunt. Imagine a baby?? I would collapse into chaos.
Yep. Heard having kids can really stress one out, plus imagine no sleep for several years!
so much for being strong and independent.
@@rectorkirk1158 That was a really good burn.
A few things, having a child in America is increasingly becoming something the middle aged and well off, and privileged, wealthy people do. Having a child too young for most people is almost a guaranteed ticket to into a cycle of poverty or at minimum indefinitely delaying your own dreams and aspiration until your children are grown. Middle aged people and wealthy people have children because having them does not mean they’ll end up in a lower class bracket, or having to give up dreams. If the government wants to encourage people in their youth to make babies then it has to ensure that having them won’t be a ticket into poverty and that childcare and family paid leave is a thing. More broadly the government also needs to look beyond its 1950’s notions of family planning. Not every household that would like to have a child is cis-het. So the government needs to include unconventional straight/queer /non-binary couples, and straight/queer/non-binary/ individuals who would like to have children in its efforts to boost fertility in the future. That means subsidizing non-conventional methods of child birth and fertility treatments for couples and individuals that would like to have children who would ordinarily not have them unless they were wealthy.
oh bs you kids are so indoctrinated .
Aren't we happy that teenage pregnancy is declining??
Right?! Dr sounds disappointed 🤣
We don't have money or affordable housing...
I'm 18 right now, and can't imagine having a stable income, spouse, and home untill I'm 30...
I finally just got two of those and I'm 34 :( I don't think a house in the cards for me and with the state of my country and climate change, no kids either
Pro tip: doesn’t change too much when you get closer to 30 lol
I just entered the workforce and I’m about to be 21. I have a degree and work 9 hour days and get crap pay. The thought of dating and children is so far off because I’m insanely busy and really just crave time to myself. Even if I will be financially stable at 30, I come home exhausted and can’t imagine trying to balance a relationship and or other people on top of that anytime soon.
@@agees924 I’m happy that you found a stable job, and yes personal time is much needed, you gotta find out how to balance the two, because if not, the burn out and eventual depression starts to rear their ugly heads
By 30 only if you play your cards right and don't have any major hiccups.
This is good news for the planet.
Well cost of living is high and social programs are defunded and wages are at a stand still. This is world wide
oh bs social oprograms are not defunded. im paying less interest now on a mortgage now than 35 years ago. you kids really have been brain washed in school.
My career is my priority right now I’m 24 starting nursing school soooo definitely can’t have babies right now and I’d like to get my doctorate, save up, buy a house, so my children will have a comfortable life. So I’ll be in my early to mid 30s…
@Sam Beckett but the technology and medicines far exceed what we have in the past. If there are any birthing complications past 30, gynaecologist or what not doctors are able to resolve it.
@@silverjuly9339 I’m not too sure about that chief!
Adoption is also a thing. Plenty of unwanted kids.
I recommend not, the most unhappy woman in modern day is an unmarried older woman with a 6 figure job and no kids. Early 20s is the most vital time for the woman to make a family. Once you reach your 30s your career wont mean much, if no guy wants to marry an older woman. You might get short term relationships, but nothing serious for long. Dont be the one to hit the wall.
@Sam Beckett I hope you understand that a woman that is a young adult probably would not be able to take care of a child because they most likely are not financially stable enough, around those early adult years in their life they are focused on a career so they can settle down and be successful by the time they are mid-aged adults. Some probably just started a banking account and you expect them to care for a child?
Low birth rates? Good. There are too many people anyways.
Seriously though. I'm a 24 y/o woman who have no plans of getting kids. Ever. It would just be too expensive and time consuming and most of all mentally draining. I'd rather live comfortable with a job i like and money on the side to use the way i want. Spoiling my niece and any future kids of my siblings is enough.
Sure there are times i look at my niece for like a sec when she is behaving like an angel and i think "maybe it wouldn't be so ba-" and then i regain my senses.
I totally agree.
You’ll change your mind in 6 years time, happens every time.
@@Madmongul Yeah ok. I knew what she knows at 13,never had kids, never looked back, never changed my opinion. It happens sometimes, don't generalize.
@@vaderladyl I live in the real world where generalizations are king, outliers are just that, outliers.
@@Madmongul That is just one messed up world, which in REALITY is not a better world.
I rather be with the outliers than deluding myself by following looneys like the ones that generalize. Roll my eyes.
It's been down since 70s. Also male fertility
I could careless about it....let it continue to decline through out the years to come
My husband and I put off having a baby for a year because of the pandemic... I didn't want to have to go to the clinic/hospital during the height of the pandemic, nor would I want to have my baby be at risk at all and let me family see them... I also wanted my family and I to be totally vaccinated. So we put it off. I'm 7 weeks pregnant now.
Congratulations!
Your kids will inherit Barron wasteland from which I partied on
May God guide you through life and your child.
I'm 29 and it'll still be a few years before I have my first baby...which I plan to adopt. College took several years, now I'm in the early stages of my career and have to purchase a home suitable for children while paying off my student loans. I would have loved to have had children in my early 20s but it just wasn't realistically possible - even aiming for 31 or 32 is the best case scenario. Having children any earlier would have meant a difficult early life for my kids that I didn't, and don't, want them to have to deal with. I'll wait. And I know several other women who made the same choice.
A lot of women are more responsible now with their decision of when to have children. It's actually a good thing for all of us. Thank you for planning responsibly.
Even better, look into adoption or fostering. The system has a severe lack of foster parents
No comments about finding a willing husband and father, eh? 🤭
@@JeffCaplan313 Some people just don't want a husband. I personally don't want one, I get enough company from my cat.
@@JeffCaplan313 Women are realizing that a typical husband today is just a roommate... At best. If a husband cannot/will not provide or protect for his family, you might as well stay single. And even if he is one, a smart woman knows (in the back of her mind) that a man can leave at any time. Women (even married) have to always factor in the chance that they may end up going it alone, just in case.
I am glad the birth rate is low. I wish i was never born. Thats why i am thankful women have abortions. I hope abortions help lower the birth rate even more.
Why ruin my life with an expensive burden that steals my freedom and destroys my body?
Well, besides children being a costly expense.... not having children is the greenest thing you can do for the planet...
This is great news for the planet, climate, traffic, jobs, etc I could go on forever. The news will always try and present it as problem because its only a problem for the greedy governments.
Even when you are financially successful, it’s hardly feasible for one parent to stay at home with the child while the other works. I want one parent to be consistently present in my child’s life until they are able to attend school.
If 3 day weekends aren’t normalized, Universal Basic Income isn’t passed, and wages don’t keep up with inflation, I’ll avoid marriage/children and enjoy investing in myself 🤷🏻♂️. I’m in no rush to get a home either considering job hopping for pay raises makes it impossible to put roots in the ground.
Universal basic income is a joke, giving “free” money to people who don’t work and produce anything.
@@Labyrinth6000 The idea is to cover loopholes big corps use to avoid taxes. Then redistribute that money evenly to the public.
UBI does not provide enough money to get by without working. It simply alleviates stress if you lose your job.
@GOCID2013 I invested in myself and became a successful web developer. I’m in a career I love. I’m not struggling - but I would be if I had kids. Also, No corporation should get free handouts and pay zero in taxes.
Don’t make assumptions. 🤷🏻♂️
I can’t believe the experts thought covid restrictions would bring people closer. I was in the Navy folks and let me tell when you see the same people for days you begin to become annoyed with their presence. So in all honesty covid restrictions as well as the aftermath of it tore couples apart rather than bought them together.
Remember all the dystopian sci fi society? Rich live in a castle and poor people has no skill that can’t be replaced by robots?
We are getting there
Brave new world
Rapidly
Actually, it is not that happy end. They will soon extinct due to the inbreeding. Moreover, there are people required to support their luxury lifestyle, like nursery, or fixing programs in robots, in another words someone must do a dirty job.
Good. There are way too many people and have been for millenia.
Plenty of women are chosing not to have kids, one is rising inflation (most people can't afford high living expenses) mortgage, rent, car payments, car insurance, health insurance, utilities, food, gas, student loans, etc. The other challenge is the rising maternal mortality rate, it's high in this country and it's getting worse each year! Why would women get pregnant when there is too many risks for one person? Of course, men and women are avoiding parenthood in this country.
my sister has one kid and she has no money at the end of the pay period. two person income household as well.
so who is to blame ?
Decreasing birthrates is a good thing, if you worried about population, then increase immigration.
How is more immigration better than more births?
Nobody wants to get shafted for 18 years of child support...ijs
This is really my primary reason. I don't mind supporting a kid, I just woulndn't want my ex to spend that money how they see fit.
US need to fix themselves. Don't expect people just to go with the flow.
Of course because not a lot of women want to go through the pain to have a child. Especially when its just them in a relationship. Remember pregnancy falls on a women, not really a man . And that causes unnecessary pain
People just don't want the burden of kids now. They will destroy your freedom.
No thanks, lol. I'd rather spend my precious time and money on myself. If anything, I'm looking to get my tubes tied cus having a child is literally a nightmare scenario for me.
Only two kind of people will have kids. The ultra rich and the ultra poor.
I like to exercise 12 plus hours a week. I don’t have time for a family or children. I’m addict to exercise and it’s worst than being addicted to sex. No I can’t have kids because, I don’t want to watch them. That’s training time wasted. Why waste life? Life is short.
I love her ally shirt. Super awesome insight. As for Darth Mendez, you can look at government data and it shows their is no correlation between lowered birth rates and abortion. In fact, abortion laws have stricken more in the past few years.
Abortion has nothing to do with this tread. That fact was mentioned on the news. Sooo yeah.
@@brittanybitch4908 I was replying back to a comment that mentioned it….’
Why have children when you can be wealthy and have double income and have a freestyle romance. Women enjoy their freedoms now. Men dont want families either.
No woman is interested in me so I'm just Glad everyone is in the same boat.
I'm not the odd one out anymore 😃
You'll find her, king. 👑
Not only is it more expensive but more people now want to wait until they are in serious relationships or married and many people today are waiting to do that amd focusing on their career or until they are financially stable
no such thing as a serious relationship for decades. look at the divorces rates over past 30 years. a female can take everything even if not married.
Fewer people means less competition for jobs. Great for labor rights.
That only works under trump. Not with Biden bringing in over a million a month
Fear of divorce is a significant reason why men are not marrying which naturally decreases the number of children born... but society choose to ignore that reason...for now.
There's a reason for that, but we'll leave that alone.
@56 main reason is our "moving out of our parents house" culture. We don't have enough money to do that, and if we rent, it's still expensive. Can't have kids then
@56 :(
@56 i see people moving in other countries
There's going to be CONSEQUENCES for this. This is NOT a good thing.
@@swil8622 How sir? Life is about choices sir. What are the consequences of not having kids?
High inflation, you can thank the FED
It has nothing to do with Feminism....no how dare u even to think of it?
no child policy for those below poverty and one child policy for those below median income.
"The reasons behind the decline in birth rate are complicated "......Um no it's not..have you seen this place lately?!?!!?
Look, costs for birth, cost of tent, cost of food/clothing, time restrictions, other bills, job demands, zero benefits, and high cost of education....why on earth would ordinary people have kids ?...wasn't it Bernake Fed Res who said job insecurity is good for the US ?
you all must be grade schoolers parroting what mommy and single mother teachers are spewing.
@@rectorkirk1158 what have single mothers and schooling got to do with birth rates?
Even sustaining a hamster is proving to be impossible why would I dare to even consider a child?
Look at medical costs just to give birth.. Idk in USA but here in Brazil is the same amount of a new deluxe car
the great reset is proceeding just as planned
Child Care!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Well Chad&Tyrone must work harder to produce more childs.
At lest they will enjoy trying. 🥰
@Johnny Z'Salt Exactly, not that i will do it, but there is a huge amount of betas that will.
@@bankaiiibankaaa4573 went way over your head.
And u will pay your taxes to support those single mothers they dumped :))
As someone who has one child(6yo), and just 2 years ago started to consider having another (but have had bumps in the road), I've noticed that having kids is frowned upon these days. People prefer dogs over kids in restaurants. And I love dogs! Yet I don't understand at what point giving birth to another human stopped being awed and appreciated. It's part of the culture not to want kids, but also a lot of people here are correct about it being almost impossible to afford to raise them. My wish was to have 2 kids close in age, but now my son is 6 and no sibling in sight yet. If you have a decent job that barely pays the rent you are not qualified for medical here. I know because that's me. Just because i can afford my rent and bills (barely) i have to pay my own insurance as well which is a deductible so if i have another child that's at least 8grand out of pocket. Makes me almost want to have my kid in another country.
Sorry you feel that way, but the fact is we already have too many people as it is, and most of us are already overburdened with human contact on a daily basis. Having children isn’t “awed and appreciated” anymore because it’s just, well, not special. When we’re already drowning in overpopulation another child is not an achievement; they’re a drop in the bucket.
@@fencius amen
SHouldn´t birth rate decline be a good thing???
And her name is Karen with purple hair, yeah, those kids will live a nightmare life.
Birth rates are not complicated. Family blocks have been destroyed and no one is getting married or starting families. By the time ladies are ready they are either too old or no one is interested in them. When I was a kid (70's) you married your girlfriend when you got out of High School and had kids by your early 20's. But then in those days a guy could make enough to buy a house, car, and raise a family with a stay at home mom and not have to go to collage to get a burger flipping job and be in debt till their 30's. Them days is over now, you go to collage fresh out of school, get a job, and about mid 30's you start looking for a mate. Problem is, both have to work now to make ends meet and no one want to stay home and raise a kid. Add in this flawed concept that the guy has to make more then her and be Mr. 6 foot plus perfect and ladies find themselves sitting things out as the middle aged guys with resources look for something younger to start a family with. Yep, sadly ladies have to make a choice when they get out of High School, Family or career. It takes a rare person to be able to balance both at the same time and it is a lot of work.
But hey, look at the bright side of all this, Work places have doubled their work force so do not have to pay as much and collages have us fooled into thinking we HAVE to go into debt till our 30's while taking their 2 or 4 year socialist brain washing program. We get out of collage in debt up to our ears, undertrained, and perfect little drones trained to do as we are told.
Great news!
Child custody and support laws are ridiculous. Men waking up.
Could just be a proactive adult and vote on that child support bill that shows up every voting cycle to change the child support laws to be more fair and balanced, but it needs more votes to pass, however, that requires getting away from your computer and out of that smelly basement. The choice is yours.
I haven't talk to a woman in years
you’re not missing out on nothing. all you’re missing out on is cheating, divorcing, and lying. thats all that comes with chicks
The mother is literally a stereotype, just how, purple hair, shirt with rainbow flag saying ally, and to top it off her name is Karen.
Lmao yup
so?
Among the 6 reasons listed there should have been a seventh: lack of affordable housing. Even birds have the sense to ensure that there is a nest available before they lay their eggs! Why is affordable housing missing from that list?🙄
Did they admitted that immigrants are needed?
Exactly. Those who benefit from a well-educated society - i.e. everyone/anyone, such as politicians, who rants about so-called "terrible education system" - should be forced to pay BOTH students AND teachers to go to college and trade/technical schools.
I’m 27 and I do want 1 at least but maybe in 3 to 5 year
You are at the tail end of your fertility, after 30 your chances of finding a man to have a child and family gets very difficult very fast. If you have a sexual past it becomes even harder since guys dont wanna wife up a girl that has a sexually filled past.
@@zukodude487987 Good! Don't want to date a man who worries about the amount of dicks I have sucked. We are animals, sex and sexual desire is natural and should be embraced in a safe manner.
@@sassypetshop Well that is cute, but just like a guys worth is his height, looks, status and income, a girls worth is her looks, youth and purity.
There is a reason why men dont want to marry older woman. They have been ran through more times than the Holland tunnel.The womans ability to pair bond decreases with multiple partners and makes her more likely to cheat on you etc.
When you are young you think you are indestructable and can do anything you want. But as you age you become more disagreeable with men which men dont like and you are in your decline years in your 30s.
I am not trying to be toxic, i am just saying the honest truth, because girls tell each other lies that they deserve the best and their age, weight, looks dont matter and they deserve the best while also being a single mother.
A womans prime is in her 20s, a guys prime is in his mid 30s and a guy in his prime wont look for woman older with damaged goods and all loose with an attitude. You can dislike what i say, but i am just being honest about reality.
@@zukodude487987 Neckbeard LMFAO 💀
@@sassypetshop Ignore @Zuko
No marriage no date just stay single men out their...
Complaining about money and choosing to be a stay home parent do not compute
Every Corporate : We want Slaves! So make babies
Every Religious Leader : We want followers! To serve GOD
I was born in 79! I was one of the few, the proud, the brave!
Remove child support and alimony then maybe you'll see a rise in marriage and birth rates... Maybe.
Nah until women decide to become women again rates will go down more day by day
@@TheGamerClown Can't argue with that.
Marriage is supposed to be for life not till something younger, less saggy from childbirth and frazzled from juggling jobs and cooking cleaning etc comes along. If a chap decides to move on the existing kids still need to be paid for and supported if not by their father, who? Pay up and go or stay put.
"Good news, everyone!" Professor Farnsworth.
lol! kids! have kids when you can afford them! "surprised Pikachu face" you listened??? eta maybe now we can get some of the children out of foster care?
I remember going to public school and being shoved in my face to get a job all the time and no one ever said to me its okay to be a mom. I had kids at 20 and homeschool. The amish people know what they are doing and the older I get the more i realize we all should be amish
we have ai we dont need children.
where is the father . ... to much single mother .
Don’t worry. Some children nowadays have two fathers, so it balances out. 😎
Too many wars..
Gov't gives more financial help to single parent households then 2 parent households. 2 parent households are fitting the bill for everyone. Taxes too high. Prices on gas, grocery, clothes, furniture, houses, cars, electricity, water, internet all too high.
Thanks for being good in birth control.teenagers wait teenagers
Should the government have the legal right to force people to use their bodies against their will to save the life of another person? Even at risk Of death, quality of life, physical damage to self, and financial ruin? Body autonomy is important. We even award it to our dead.
Congrats to that older Mom with the biracial son! They don’t look alike but that’s what happens in that kind of relationship situation. I’d say economics is the main reason why people don’t want to marry or have kids. The world is overpopulated with political instability all over the place so there’s really no reason for people to marry or have kids anymore.