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Environment & Energy

Sherman A1

(38,958 posts)

4. Not a surprise

Reply to hatrack (Original post)

Sat Aug 14, 2021, 10:46 AM

Aug 2021

I once heard that the decision to have children represents hope in the future, apparently that is something less and less a commodity anymore.

Kids are expensive and with gloomy economic and environmental prospects ahead why would anyone think about having children.