re: U.S. birth rate drops to record low, ending pandemic uptick

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I think a lot has to do with how damn expensive everything is. Daycare alone is easily a grand a month in most places.

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Not only childcare, but just when you are thinking you are doing well enough to where you think you may be able to afford a 3rd or 4th child, here comes 3x higher home insurance premiums or increased health insurance costs wiping out annual pay raises or inflationary pressures at the grocery store, etc.