And I’m sure a LOT of people my age are having that conversation! The decision-making factors are stacking increasingly against us.
I love this poem
We can barely feed ourselves, we can’t get the jobs and homes we were told we could get. Our government is gutting public schools and undermining colleges. It doesn’t feel particularly accessible to raise children NOR does it feel like there is a particularly good adult future waiting for them!
Every single time falling birth rates come up there’s this undercurrent of “selfishness” behind it. Like no one is having children because we’re all too addicted to lattes and instagram. But what future are we supposed to be providing for children in this world right now?
Mainstream media is 24/7 saturation of poor people committing petty crimes. Shoplifting out of control! Venezuelan thugs are stealing your apartment!
Meanwhile billionaires are genocidal serial killers and treated like the pillars of our society