I currently sub at a school where I taught for nearly 30 years. Small, one-school district in a semi rural area. No teachers’ union, no grooming and it shut down for something like six weeks during the height of Wuhan. Enrollment is down at least 25% over the last 10 years. Problem seems to be that 20-30 year-olds are just not having kids.
A younger woman who I taught/teach with who has two kids herself says none of her friends have kids and seem to prefer living life as ‘older teens’ spending the time and money on themselves as opposed to offspring.
...an inevitable consequence of The State inserting itself into the family. Also a consequence of burdening their generation with insurmountable debt.
DING! DING! DING!
We have a winner!
Today’s 20-30 year olds are busy “finding themselves” instead of raising children. Most of the ones who are friends with my four daughters (all of whom have kids) are single and ready to mingle...like you said living their life as an over-aged teen!
Heck, half of them still live at home or live with two or three other “older teens”! YOLO is literally their motto!