[WarOnPrivacy]

> a desire for children is partially genetic

While true, any western reduction in birth rates can be trivially explained by changes in child-raising. Children's critical hours of self-raising/peer-raising have been sharply degraded thru danger-culture & the erasure of free-roam areas. All of that is being forcefully replaced with adult micromanagement.

In short, we've swapped much of the joy with stress and stunting.