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This is actually very interesting and a proof of how well we have it. Many today expect to have children without lifting a finger and without sacrificing anything, and as soon as cost or housing becomes cumbersome, they just give up in despair.

As you say, rewind 100 years, and the child would take up all the time and become the entire purpose of your life, while living on 20 m² in many western countries.

If it worked then, it works now. Just man up, re-prioritize (if you really want a child that is, and not just a toy) and get on with it.

And, let's not forget that thanks to technology and the enormously positive developemtn of the world, the ones of us who do not want a child, can choose not to, while still enjoying life, and not be constrained by not having little workers on the farm. Truly life is good!