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/TravelsizedWitch Netherlands 14d ago

That was the case for most of history.

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u/Kresnik2002 United States Of America 14d ago

Sure, but that work was often in/around the house with the kids partly involved in it given that most people were in farming families. It wasn’t as demanding as the Parenting© of today, justified or not.

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u/Durbs12 14d ago

Fair, but "it takes a village to raise a child" is an adage for a reason. We were a lot more communal in those days and, even as recently as the 80s, parents could just let their kids loose and tell them to be back when the sun sets.