While I think the trend toward delayed parenthood is a big problem & maternal age is the best indicator for that, this is not a lady problem. I don’t even think this mess has much to do w feminism or tinder. Cultural pessimism, memes about parents + deranged norms do the trick
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Replying to @webdevMason
not to mention the cost of raising a child in the cities w/ the most employment growth / best job prospects is quite high (& growing rapidly)
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Yes, and all the workarounds that poor families use are dismissed as virtually equivalent to child abuse or neglect — leaving children with friends, using “screens” to get some downtime, letting older children entertain themselves without supervision, etc
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