[toomuchtodo]

Lots of folks out there who don’t want to do newborn work or spend time with their family, anecdotally. It’s a chore, not a benefit.

Higher level, the value of children to parents is declining based on total fertility rate declines.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/may/20/paid-paternity... (Men who receive paid paternity leave in Spain want fewer children, study finds)

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S00472... (Does paternity leave reduce fertility?)

[lotsofpulp]

Or children are no longer a byproduct of sex due to ease and availability of birth control options, and women gaining financial freedom, so the cost of children is finally allowed to become explicit.

As opposed to environments without prophylaxis options and where women do not have financial independence, where it was implicitly borne by women.