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Analysis | Millennials aren’t having kids. Here are the reasons why. (www.washingtonpost.com)
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[–] the_q@lemmy.world 62 points 1 year ago (5 children)

Money. Every fucking answer to every fucking question is money.

[–] mjhelto@lemm.ee 14 points 1 year ago (2 children)

"MoNeY cAn'T bUy HaPpInEsS"

It sure as fuck can buy some sense of safety to focus on "wants", like children. The wealthy want the labor force to be born, yet are doing everything they can to suck them dry of every financial well-being they try to get. Then they got the gall to write these wedge pieces blaming a generation for not doing some fucking survival gymnastics to fulfill their gloom and doom future!

[–] Telorand@reddthat.com 4 points 1 year ago

Sounds like the author is grumpy that they don't have grandkids...

[–] Very_Bad_Janet@kbin.social 4 points 1 year ago

"Survival gymnastics" is the perfect description.

[–] Chilly@sh.itjust.works 8 points 1 year ago

I mean, same for me. I keep joking that I'm too selfish to have kids, but the reality is I'm not so rich I can afford to have enough help to still live my lifestyle.

[–] sylver_dragon@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Pretty much. I have kids and we only made that choice when our finances were in reasonable shape. We'd have never made the choice to have them, if we didn't think we could afford them. Because ya, kids are expensive.