And I grew up in a family who believed more children = more income but soon they arrive in the UK, reality doesn't work that way.
Families in developing countries have a lot children, because more children can bring in the income and due to emphasis of family values, they believe their kids will look after them. Be mindful that workers rights are near non-existent and child labour is prevelant in poorer countries.
In the UK, people of low income backgrounds who have many children have it bad. You just end up poorer and poorer - and I grew up in a poor family, so I know what I'm talking about.
If you're blaming modernity or millennial cultural values for why people don't have kids, then tell me why should birthing people have children in a society hostile to it? When things are so expensive? What happens if their partner leaves them?
You can't give me bullshit that things will workout. It won't, because single-parent headed households are much likely to be poorer, and their kids will less likely to achieve. It's mostly women/FAB are worse off as they are likely burdened with the children caring responsibilities.
Update:
Woman/birthing person carrying a baby for 9 months is a grueling task.
Do not @ me that everyone would be so lucky to have their partners or family to support them. If it was the case, then why do we have single mothers, why do families under single-parent households have it worse off?
UK's birthrate had became the lowest despite the population increasing due to immigration. Which means
even immigrants are having children less as living in the UK is so fricking costly.
To have a child is literally a luxary of itself, and UK happens to be the most expensive of the OCEDs to raise a child.
Professional childcare is more expensive in the UK than in any other developed nation, according to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. A [UK] couple earning two-thirds of the average income, with two children aged two and three, can spend 29% of their salary on childcare. That compares with 9% in France and 1% in Germany.
Total fertility was 1.49 children per woman in 2022 amid rising housing and childcare costs
www.theguardian.com
Parents describe plight as pressure builds on Jeremy Hunt to provide help in the budget
www.theguardian.com