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[–] Railcar8095@lemmy.world 14 points 10 hours ago

It's great, but I had kind of assumed it was already in place.

[–] robocall@lemmy.world 13 points 14 hours ago (13 children)

Anything to help people that want to have children is good.

[–] EndlessNightmare@reddthat.com 9 points 8 hours ago (12 children)

that want to have children

As long as people who don't want to have children aren't pressured. Not everyone is interested in parenting, and that needs to be accepted.

[–] dan1101@lemmy.world 2 points 3 hours ago

China isn't good about things like that. They have billions of people, they aren't going to worry about the feelings of those not contributing to the machine.

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[–] idefix@sh.itjust.works 4 points 8 hours ago

Given how overpopulated the planet is, I'm not a fan

[–] mrl1@jlai.lu 7 points 13 hours ago (3 children)

Childbirth costs isn't what's preventing people from having babies though

[–] ameancow@lemmy.world 8 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

You're right, falling birth rates are affecting people in rich and poor countries alike.

I think the answer is more complicated and has a lot to do with our collective psychology as a species, what we're consuming and what we're feeling about our futures.

That said, money and cost do play a huge role in this. People have complicated feelings on having families right now, and the barrier of cost is a great idea for the brain to seize onto as a validation for avoiding continuation of the species.

[–] dude@lemmings.world 3 points 9 hours ago

In China even high schools are paid, the answer is not complicated in this case. It’s just crazy expensive to have children in China with the local salaries

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