[duchenne]

This sounds like a study made from afar by just reading numbers without even talking to Koreans.

When I talk to Korean parents, the vast majority of them tell me that raising even one kid is exhausting.

They usually try as much as possible to satisfy every requests of their baby: carrying the toddlers for hours until they fall sleep, letting their kids sleep in the parents bed until they're 6, spoon-feeding them until they are 6, and so on... A Korean pediatrician friend told me that Korean kids score the lowest in the world in terms of autonomy.

So, parents of one kid are already exhausted and think it would be too hard to have a second one.

[seoulmetro]

That's entirely to be expected when your plan hinges around having one kid. They're called little emperors for a reason. If you have more than one kid, Korean or not, you treat them less preciously.

[angmarsbane]

Perhaps we need a cultural change in parenting, a more relaxed parenting style or more of a village experience where parents can trust teachers, neighbors, bus drivers etc. to reinforce values, expectations, etc. so it isn't all on the parents (or parent).

[ae_throw]

TIL SK babies are needier than babies in rest of the world.

[dang]

Could you please not post unsubstantive comments and/or flamebait? Your account has already been doing it repeatedly. We're trying for something else here!

If you wouldn't mind reviewing https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html and taking the intended spirit of the site more to heart, we'd be grateful.