US Birth Rate Plunges to All-Time Low as More Women Choose Careers Over Families
15th May 2019
Well, it used to be that a family (i.e. ‘children’) was an advantage — more people to work the farm or the shop, help out when the ‘rents got old, that sort of thing. We don’t need any of that nowadays, so why go to all the hassle of having chidren? They’re like pets you can’t get rid of if they turn out to have behavioral problems. Who wants that?