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As women have far fewer babies, the U.S. and the world face unprecedented challenges
(www.mprnews.org)
this post was submitted on 07 Jul 2025
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This article fails to address one of the main causes I see people list for not having kids. It's, "Is it okay for me to bring a kid into a world this fucked up?"
A lot of young people are deeply certain that they're going to have to live through an ecological collapse and climate disasters. Why would they want to have a child, and be constantly faced with the fact that their kid is going to have a worse life than them. That their grandkids may not know what seasons were like?
It's also so ridiculously expensive now. It's not worth it.
I thought they mentioned the expense and climate change. They obviously didn't go into depth. I thought it was interesting that its important enough that NPR is bringing it up