Comment on Japan’s Birth Rate Set to Break Even the Bleakest Forecasts

Lushed_Lungfish@lemmy.ca ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

• whoisearth@lemmy.ca ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Yes you can. People do it all over the world.

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  • TheBat@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Cool. Should they?

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    • whoisearth@lemmy.ca ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Yes.

      I was watching a YouTube video yesterday with Jimmy Carr and I think he summarized it perfectly.

      As humans we are amazing at quantifying all the negatives around having kids (costs, time constraints, behaviour changes) but we struggle at quantifying the positives (purpose, accountability, pride, humility).

      My regret is having kids later in life and not in my early 20’s. The little secret we all know is you’re never ready for kids. You either dive in or you don’t. After that? In for a penny, in for a pound.

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      • TheBat@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Cool. I disagree. You want to subject your kids to climate change then go ahead.

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      • AtariDump@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        My regret is having kids later in life and not in my early 20’s.

        Reeks of boomer who doesn’t appreciate their kids.

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  • cassandrafatigue@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I’m sure those kids all come out great and very alive.

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    • whoisearth@lemmy.ca ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      So myopic.

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      • cassandrafatigue@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Neglect is very healthy for a child.make sure yours gets enough!

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  • Puddinghelmet@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    “People do it all over the world.” False it should be “Uneducated people do it all over the world” Look into geography and sociology and let me know why it is that uneducated poor people usually get more children :D

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    • whoisearth@lemmy.ca ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Lol uneducated does not mean dumb.

      I stand by what I said.

      The future lies in those “uneducated” people.

      Everything about this whole thread screams privileged white people who haven’t known an ounce of struggle in their lives and all of a sudden things get a little tight that they can’t buy butter instead of margarine and holy hell the sky is falling!

      This is why all my friends now are immigrants lol.

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      • Puddinghelmet@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Birth rates usually don’t fall because people don’t want kids, but because:

        • housing is too expensive
        • work and family are hard to combine
        • childcare isn’t well organized
        • there’s too little security Countries like France and the Scandinavian nations do better:
        • affordable childcare
        • parental leave
        • flexible work
        • stable housing certainty Result: higher birth rates than Japan, Italy, Spain, and formerly Germany.
If you want a “younger” society → invest structurally in good family life.

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      • cassandrafatigue@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        immigrants

        Oh shit! There’s another solution!

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