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re: US birth rate hits all time low
Posted on 7/24/25 at 11:43 am to DesScorp
Posted on 7/24/25 at 11:43 am to DesScorp
It cost 20k a year just in childcare for a baby.
Daycare just updated their pricing, it's over 1k for 3 month olds (and that's the cheapest in LR) and that's not including the supplies.
I can't imagine sending 3 kids through daycare. It would just be easier for me to stay home and not work
Daycare just updated their pricing, it's over 1k for 3 month olds (and that's the cheapest in LR) and that's not including the supplies.
I can't imagine sending 3 kids through daycare. It would just be easier for me to stay home and not work
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Posted on 7/24/25 at 11:44 am to BayouBandit24
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Too expensive to have a lot of kids these days.
This is probably the main reason. Most households need 2 incomes these days which means daycare for the kids etc.
Posted on 7/24/25 at 11:46 am to DesScorp
Fine, I'll have another one. I have to do everything for you people.
Posted on 7/24/25 at 11:47 am to CapitalTiger
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You realize you aren't meeting the replacement rate with 2?
Yes
That was the point of my post. I should have said pick up MY slack
Posted on 7/24/25 at 11:47 am to DesScorp
Cost of living has gone up and kids are expensive. I just bought my first house with my wife and plan on having a kid soon anyway. I will make it work. I want to be a dad.
This post was edited on 7/24/25 at 12:00 pm
Posted on 7/24/25 at 11:53 am to DesScorp
I have five. I guess I need to have a couple more to make up for you slackers!
This post was edited on 7/24/25 at 11:53 am
Posted on 7/24/25 at 11:55 am to CatholicLSUDude
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CatholicLSUDude
quote:Name checks out
I have five.
Posted on 7/24/25 at 11:56 am to St Augustine
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We had 3
7 here
Posted on 7/24/25 at 11:56 am to DesScorp
Married couples should get a 150k deduction per child.
Posted on 7/24/25 at 11:57 am to LB84
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I blame the education of this country convincing young women that a career and materialistic wants are more important than a family.
But also blame society for making family life unappealing. We no longer have a “village” and being a SAHM can be an extremely lonely option.
Posted on 7/24/25 at 11:59 am to LB84
quote:What’s wrong with someone wanting to work for a living and not stay home and wait on a man hand and foot? Life is a gift. Everyone should be able to do what gives them purpose.
women that a career
Posted on 7/24/25 at 12:02 pm to Codythetiger
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I can't imagine sending 3 kids through daycare. It would just be easier for me to stay home and not work
That's the role of the wife. She should be raising your kids, not Stacy who is allegedly CPR certified.
Posted on 7/24/25 at 12:04 pm to tigergirl10
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What’s wrong with someone wanting to work for a living and not stay home and wait on a man hand and foot? Life is a gift. Everyone should be able to do what gives them purpose.
I don't think staying home means waiting on your husband hand and foot. It means being a partner and taking care of the house and children while the husband takes care of the income. Each partner has their duties and they are equally important.
Posted on 7/24/25 at 12:04 pm to DesScorp
Give fifteen grand to every married couple who has a baby. And then give the parents a large tax credit against income taxes every year until the kid reaches 18.
Posted on 7/24/25 at 12:04 pm to DesScorp
2 major problems:
1) no financial sense for middle class to have more than 2 kids
2) women can be nuts at times
1) no financial sense for middle class to have more than 2 kids
2) women can be nuts at times
Posted on 7/24/25 at 12:05 pm to Codythetiger
It's tough to support a family on one income these days, but it's ALSO hard to really get ahead if you have multiple in daycare/non-garbage schools.
A second earner in a family with 3 young kids probably needs to earn about 50-60k a year gross just to pay for the childcare that allows them to work.
A second earner in a family with 3 young kids probably needs to earn about 50-60k a year gross just to pay for the childcare that allows them to work.
Posted on 7/24/25 at 12:05 pm to DesScorp
Is this something that is fixable? It seems society as a whole has decided that living a comfortable/exciting/materialistic lifestyle is better than raising a large family. I think we should focus on a more even distribution of procreation than just allowing lower class people to pop out kids and not care about raising them properly.
Posted on 7/24/25 at 12:09 pm to DesScorp
This is going to ruin Harrison Butkers day.
Posted on 7/24/25 at 12:10 pm to StringedInstruments
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But also blame society for making family life unappealing. We no longer have a “village” and being a SAHM can be an extremely lonely option.
Yep.
Back in the day when many/most households were single income, all the ladies of the neighborhood hung out and raised the kids together. Doesn't work that way these days.
Posted on 7/24/25 at 12:13 pm to St Augustine
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We had 3. Some of you other baws need to pick up the pace.
Working on it. Sitting at two right now.
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