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Me and the wife had our only child past the age of 40. Only then our finances were in order that we could properly raise a child, to our own acceptable definition of "properly".

Life sucks in the best of times. I was not going to bring a human to the world so she would suffer, replacement levels be damned.

If I was unable to give my daughter a comfortable life, I would rather have no child.

I think many people would agree with this sentiment. If we want more people to have children in early adulthood, we need a major social upheaval so that people can achieve financial stability earlier in life.

Most people that seem overly concerned with fertility and population replacement, also happen to consistently vote against any policy that could nudge things in a direction where people would be able to achieve financial stability earlier in life.

My answer to that is a vague shrug.



Many people don't understand kids.

Kids don't care about a comfortable life, as long as they are loved and supported.

I've worked with Devs in the west who came from tiny rural villages in India, and with love and support got into the leading universities in India and did well.

Lots of middle class western kids get screwed up, despite 'having everything'.

Money, a bedroom not shared with a sibling and so on do not matter to a child.


> Kids don't care about a comfortable life, as long as they are loved and supported.

It's a lot more difficult to give love and support when you can get evicted for not paying rent.


In most western countries, parents with kids will always be housed with no risk of being on the streets.




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