Some things about the past we've rightly moved past, like lynching, hotpants, and double-digit inflation. But strong, proud families ensuring the survival of humanity by keeping TFR>RR are not an anachronism, they are necessary for our survival. https://www.wsj.com/articles/yes-we-really-do-want-to-have-a-fifth-child-1535122603 … via @WSJ
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Inflation has made it tougher to have a lot of children. Back in the day with a strong dollar wives didn't even have to work.
I would put it on broader economic changes than inflation, but yes, for a variety of reasons (economic, social, spiritual) it is much harder to have a one-working-parent family today. Which should be treated as an existential threat, but isn't.
