It's like the Fall of the Roman Empire. The Greatest Generation fought and won the WWII so they went home and became fruitful and prosperous. Then they spoiled their kids with everything they have. Now the next generation is "entitled" so here we are and this is the $hit we have to deal with.
“...Now the next generation is “entitled” so here we are and this is the $hit we have to deal with.”
But I was talking to a teacher in her mid thirties who was saying that none of her friends have kids and many don’t plan to have kids. Life, at least at first, is easier and cheaper without them. Why have kids when you can spend the money they cost on yourself? She remarked that her friends were living life in their 30s as if they were teenagers. Fifteen years ago my K-8 school had 350 students, now it’s around 260. It’s in a nice area and housing is going up. But young couples are apparently foregoing parenthood.