[tharne]

When people cite money as a reason for not having children, they just usually just don't want children, but don't want to admit it.

The fact is there has never been a better time in human history to raise children. People talk about climate change, but back in the 50's it wasn't any better -- we were in the midst of a nuclear standoff that could have gone apocalyptic at any second. Before that, there was a world war, and another one before that, and so on.

In prior centuries anywhere from one quarter to one half of all kids born wouldn't make it to the first birthday.

Raising kids is hard, even now, but it's still easier than it's ever been.

People are free to have children or not have children, but let's be honest about why.

[SyzygistSix]

>Raising kids is hard, even now, but it's still easier than it's ever been.

I think the amount of two income households and longer work hours says otherwise. It's still a great time to have kids but there is a lot of time and financial pressure that we did not have in the 60s and 70s. In addition, kids commonly walked to school, went out to play without supervision, etc. I think children cost more and require more time than in the past.

[peoplefromibiza]

> but back in the 50's

there were many more poor, having lots of kids.

OP didn't say that only rich people can afford to have kids, but that only rich and very poor people can.

Now that people are not as poor as in prior centuries, they can afford to not have kids to survive when they get older.