Growing Reluctance To Have Kids In A Collapsing Climate Enough To Get Morgan Stanley's Attention

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3. Having Kids Is A Huge Life-Changing Decision

Just to show up at the hospital and have a "normal" child birth is going to cost you $6k even with insurance. You also get to play the lottery on the possibility of something going wrong. Having a complicated pregnancy is taxing on you sanity and budget, let alone having a child with special needs for the rest of their and your life.

The resources you need to rear children is another factor. Child care is expensive and today's consumer economy in much of the developed world necessitates that both parents (if there are 2 folks) work. Anyone who's done this or seen other people do this knows how physically and mentally exhausting this is. Who could blame you if you don't want to spend a decade in constant sleep deprived mode?

Maybe some country's governments or business sector will figure out that resources need to be directed to support parents. But for the most part that's not happening. If anything, government and to some extent businesses seem to be sociopathic and hell bent on punishing folks (for having sex and getting pregnant).

Hats off to people who have the forethought before having kids. Damn our society for not addressing all the hurdles we've placed in front of folks who are considering having kids.