According to a recent Pew Research Center Survey. . . fewer people, across all age groups, consider children to be an important part of a successful marriage.
Only two decades ago the majority of Americans considered children vital to a good marriage. Today, kids fall near the bottom of the list — behind shared household chores, adequate income and housing and a happy sexual relationship. GMA American Family
If this weren't the case:
USDA links. "Expenditures on Children by Families" and "Trends in Public Higher Education, Pricing...
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FYI - I mentioned this short educational exchange on my post today - not looking for anymore biology but I wanted you to know.
I could be wrong but most of us experience "biological changes" of one sort or another through the years. Women tend to have raging hormones during menses, menopause and baby lust. Men? They didn't invent Viagra for no reason...
not sure I follow - out of sight out of mind?
Are you telling me that, at fifty, you don't have a biological "something" going on down there?
I don't know if I would ever understand this but biology while interesting has been a little too messy for me. Not that you would but I can't imagine having my mom tell me that I came about because her bio-alarm went off. Does the thing have a snooze button???
If you linked to the sites, there is an element of apples and oranges to the logic of my logic. However, if you read what I wrote to DJan, it did come on the heels of hearing a couple of talking heads go on about people not having children because they are so expensive to raise.
Kids are priceless but perhaps we know better after we've had them. I didn't want children either. They didn't interest me. Then I hit 30 and BOOM my bio clock went into overdrive and I was calling my husband home mid-day after taking my temp...just like in the movies. Weird.
Well, MY children had better take care of ME, that's all I can say.
Oh hell, we'll all end up as soylent green anyway.
I heard on the news or some morning show or SOMEWHERE on TV that many couples are deciding not to have children due to the cost of raising them. It landed in the middle of a discussion about the middle class etc.
When I had my children, my husband and I believed in the "zero population" theory of only duplicating oneself. Therefore, we had two.
While there are plenty of children/people in the world, too many, I think it's sad to decide not to have children if you want them but cannot afford them.
A very interesting report. I wonder what it might mean. There's no danger of us running out of kids... :-)
I wonder what this is going to mean going down the line. I wonder how families will adjust in the future to caring for an aging population without children. Or just an aging population! (Not that having children means you will have someone to care for you in your old age...)
Isn't this an apples and oranges comparison? (BTW more kids should eat apples and oranges) Kids are priceless.
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