Gravitas Plus: The world's fertility rate is falling. Here's why

Gravitas Plus | Is motherhood a moral imperative for women?
Today, couples around the world are choosing to stay child-free.
Fertility rates have dropped. Governments are offering inducements to couples to have children. Why are they opting out?
Listen in to Palki Sharma Upadhyay.

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[khanindustries]

They call it selfish to not have kids, I call it selfish to have kids when you can't even afford to take care of yourself.

[charleshillman]

Problem is that the wrong people are having too many children.

[manojsuri]

Dont give a damn about people calling you selfish if you dont have kids. They are not the ones who will be taking care of your kids.

[jojojo]

When my dad died I became the breadwinner to help my mom raise my siblings, so most of my salary went to them. My youngest sibling graduated when I was 27 and by that time I was physically and mentally exhausted taking care of the family. I need a break and I'm not ready to have kids right now. I just want to spend the next few years fee from responsiblity and just enjoy life for once.

[allen]

“Rich words coming from a non-parent” - Give this woman a raise 🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻

[aedrianhugo]

Its because people are learning that having a kid is a choice not a requirement.

[ladeda]

Some people were so traumatized in childhood they had no desire to bring anyone into this world lest they experience the same thing. That's not selfish.

[agreetodisagree]

Respectfully, it's called Childfree not childless.

[dhruw]

I think parenting is getting just difficult everyday. Education costs, expenses and many things to take care about like social media, gadgets, adultrated content protection, mental health of the kids, increasing competition and spending time with them. It seems difficult.

[lukachan]

We can't blame the people for not having kids. Imagine spending 21 - 24 years of life in education, who wants to commit themselves to another stressful act of maintaining a family?

[CRWYT]

"Population may become half by 2100"

I see this as an absolute win.

[docbrown]

It’s kind of ironic.. a lot of people are having kids just because everyone else is, a lot of them are emotionally unavailable/unstable, financially unstable, not really thinking about the child’s upbringing have more than one kid.. and the people who are responsible and care deeply about the impact of having a child or what the child might have to suffer, have one or no kids at all…

[sharonselah]

The issue is finding a good partner. You can't take a risk to have a fatherless child or worse having a toxic father/mother, causing psychological torture to the child.

[sreshthasinha]

It's not only giving birth to a child, it's about giving the child the financial and emotional support which many like me are not capable of! I am not going to ruin a child's mental and emotional state because of some societal pressure. It's a true fact, not everyone is emotionally available or ready to be a mother!
Don't shame them for that.
P.S. it's the same for men too!

[olajong]

Having kids:
More mouths to feed
More food to buy
More working hours
No maternity/paternity leave
Little to no personal time.
Can’t be with the kids? Get caregiver which is expensive.
Wages doesn’t increase
Houses are expensive
Inflation is high
Everything is expensive
It’s not selfish, it’s smart.
Get immigrants to fill in the gap.
No

Not having kids:
Healthy and comfortable living.

[mr.meditator]

My parents were not ready for children, as a result my brother and I suffer for it, even though we are adults now, it leaves scars for life.

[taina]

We can't afford to have kids, and the world is so messed up we almost feel guilty for bringing more people into it :(

[knightofwind]

Excellent decision, unless you are very financially stable, don't. It sucks to be part of the struggling parents group.

[goodwork]

Spot on conclusion. If a nation really wants more children produced, support the parents with policies and finances that make it a logical choice. Don't expect people to keep doing crazy things out of tradition.

[Maxi.Dounut]

Sometimes one just have to ask oneself; “am I actually fit to be a parent?” And if your answer is no, it is no. Your child is not a mini version of you, they can’t fulfil all your lost aspirations, they are not your possession or toy, they are an autonomous human being. And I have witnessed too many parents not getting that.