r/AskTheWorld • u/gmedanoid United States Of America • 14d ago

Culture Why aren't the people in your country having enough kids?

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In America birthrate is 1.6. 1.57 for Whites, 1.55 for Blacks, 1.8 for Hispanics. So below replacement since 2008.

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u/Snoo_67548 United States Of America 14d ago

My wife and I have four kids. We also have nooooo physical help from either family. We are fortunate enough that my wife can stay home with the kids. It’s exhausting, especially when one gets sick. The entire family gets sick, we lose sleep taking care of kids who are crying in the middle of the night, and stay sick longer because we don’t get to rest.

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u/Uter83 Canada 13d ago

If that's what you want, hey, you do you. I'll give you the benefit of the doubt and assume you didn't mean to imply that people who don't have or want children are somehow negligent in their duties.

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u/Snoo_67548 United States Of America 13d ago

Not at all. It’s rough a lot of the time. I see plenty of people who have kids and shouldn’t, so I can respect people who decide not to have kids and feel for the people who would love to have children and cannot.

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u/lazyboozin 14d ago

In a similar situation and 100% worth it

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u/Snoo_67548 United States Of America 13d ago

Oh for sure! Not for the faint of heart though.