Fortune magazine: millennials choosing to be DINKS (dual income no kids) could push GDP down by as much as 4%

[ThrobbingHood]

If it wasn’t for my other half feeling broody, we wouldn’t have kids at all. To be honest, I’d rather have disposable income than deal with disposable nappies.

These successive governments make everything more expensive and then chastise us for not wanting kids. Morons of the highest order.

 

[Geek Nasty]

“Choosing”

these articles refuse to admit young people cant afford to start families.

”young people are choosing to cut the cord rather than paying $200/mo for cable!”

 

[UnQuantized]

They want you to get in debt to start a family and use your debt to make themselves even more wealthy. Not enough regular people going into debt for a lifestyle they can't afford, less money for wall street to play with.

 

[Givethanks]

Honestly bread helps out but it shouldn’t stop you if you want kids. Kids are a blessing

100% they are, I want a family; that's a full life to me. But honestly,

and they will motivate you to want to do better.

From my experience and a lot of other I don't believe that, that's only true if you want to do better regardless. I know too many people who grew up with dads who bounced, mom's who still wanted to have a life and all that too.

Plus your not getting any younger and you don’t want to have them when your too old.

Personally, I don't think it's such thing as too old, my dad had my little sister in his late 50s and the mom's in her 30s. I feel like if I had kids earlier I probably would've repeated the same cycle as my mom/dad. It was probably in my late 20s/early 30s when things started to kick in and make sense.

They are right things do figure themselves out when you have kids. As long as you have a good partner who would make a great parent is a plus.

That's what my told me and my mom, he said he didn't have to worry about anything because he knew my mom would take care of everything, while he chilled and lived his life



My girl's a heaven sent and would do anything for me and I'd do anything for her, our moms would be the best grandmas too. I'm probably being hella sceptical because in my lifetime whenever relationship problems involve money, it's a different a whole different beast. I've seen so many women forgive for infidelity but finance is the silent killer no one talks about.

 

[Panther]

Nothing about the US supports raising a kid. Education trash, food is all chemicals, want ppl in the office, daycare is expensive, HEALTH INSURANCE,

Hell even giving birth is dangerous especially for black women

 

[RennisDeynolds]

The us birthrate is dwindling. Specifically the white birthrate is going down here which is why you see Republicans pushing that tradwife bullshyt

 

[Maximus Rex]

Breeders should start having more kids than the ones they already have

 

[IIVI]

It also makes owning a home for people with kids more expensive and challenging.

When a lot of LGBT moved into West Hollywood for example they could afford more expensive homes because they don’t have to spend that money on kids and instead can drive the home prices up.

This’ll be on a much bigger scale. It’s really expensive to have kids right now because of how much you’re spending on a child and how much money couples aren’t spending on a child that you’re in a market against.

 

[Prodyson]

Do you want to go to work every morning and not worry about it breaking down? Even used cars that are reliable are like 30k nowadays.

I just searched Carmax and I can find dozens of Accords, Civics, Camrys and Corollas for $22k and less with less than 50k miles on them. And Carmax tends to be higher priced.

If you’re comfortable in the 70-80k mile range a lot of those will be under $20k.

Hell, make it a Chevy Cruz or Ford Focus and you could get something with less than 70k miles for $15k

 

[ThatTruth777]

If they want people to have kids then increase the pay, they keep trying to go around this. Of course it doesn't help though, when the people themselves put in the party that is for throwing more money to the top.

 

[SNG]

100% they are, I want a family; that's a full life to me. But honestly,

From my experience and a lot of other I don't believe that, that's only true if you want to do better regardless. I know too many people who grew up with dads who bounced, mom's who still wanted to have a life and all that too.

Personally, I don't think it's such thing as too old, my dad had my little sister in his late 50s and the mom's in her 30s. I feel like if I had kids earlier I probably would've repeated the same cycle as my mom/dad. It was probably in my late 20s/early 30s when things started to kick in and make sense.

That's what my told me and my mom, he said he didn't have to worry about anything because he knew my mom would take care of everything, while he chilled and lived his life



My girl's a heaven sent and would do anything for me and I'd do anything for her, our moms would be the best grandmas too. I'm probably being hella sceptical because in my lifetime whenever relationship problems involve money, it's a different a whole different beast. I've seen so many women forgive for infidelity but finance is the silent killer no one talks about.

 

[MrLogic]

and?

You make it hard to live and shocked at the same time as to why no one wants to bring more "slaves" into the world for these loser ceo to steal their youth from them


let the species die out

 

[Windows 91]

Population decline is a net positive for the Earth.

 

[jwinfield]

Grandparents are all working... and really, the 20k is what it is. It's either pay the 20k or send him to one of the many "low-income" focused daycares around us. I'd rather pay the money for him to get the learning enrichment and social interaction.

Daughter is 6 months in a couple weeks and she'll be starting daycare. Both my parents work, my wife's mom lives outside the country. We're looking at a little under $22k a year.

But like you, this is a daycare where the curriculum is top notch, a lot of shyt "basic" daycares don't really do and at the end of the day, it's only $30-$50 more a week than the other places.

 

[feelosofer]

The US as it clearly doesn't believe the middle class should even exist. Outside of personal fulfillment there is no real incentive to have children in 2025.