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by toomuchtodo 783 days ago
Wealth and income inequality, as well as societal support for parents [1] [2], are important components in any fix of this situation when discussing "resourcing". My comment should not be read as "only the well off should have children." That was not the idea I intended to communicate, and I agree it is distasteful. I believe there is plenty of work to do already simply ensuring folks who don't want kids are empowered to not have them [3] [4] [5] [6], I leave the other problems mentioned in this comment to others to triage and action. Good luck to those folks, I don't envy that book of work; it's going to take decades to fix.

[1] https://ifstudies.org/blog/pro-natal-policies-work-but-they-...

[2] https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/may/29/baby-boomtown-...

[3] https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2021/11/19/growing-s...

[4] https://msutoday.msu.edu/news/2023/childfree-study-confirmed...

[5] https://www.axios.com/2024/04/16/young-adult-sterilization-i...

[6] https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama-health-forum/fullartic...