Childlessness threatens to increase: ‘Delay at younger age, is not compensated for later in life’
by ShiftingShoulder
Childlessness threatens to increase: ‘Delay at younger age, is not compensated for later in life’
by ShiftingShoulder
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>Neels pleit voor ondersteunende maatregelen zoals flexibel ouderschapsverlof, combinatie werk-gezin, voldoende kinderopvang.
And we’ll implement all that and everyone’ll still have the shockedpikachu.jpg face when TFR remains below 2.1
We’re spending more time alone and when we couple up we have fewer kids because we have other options and disposable income – hobbies, careers, and the local church no longer pressuring us.
Can ‘t blame the younger generator to question the future and whether or not they’ll have kids because of that.
No wonder when housing is so expensive.
at least the article touches on the fact our society isn’t really geared towards raising a family anymore
Surprise surprise, make the standard of living required for proper family building unattainable, and people will have less children. Who’d have thunk? Not to mention the general sense of unease with *gestures at world* all of this.
Housing is expensive, groceries are expensive, childcare is expensive, geopolitics is getting scary again, the environment is fucked, jobs are increasingly managed in such a way as to be hostile to parents, Wednesdays ARE STILL HALF DAYS (sorry, that one is my pet peeve), but whyyy oh whyyyy won’t y’all push out replacement slaves!? /s
Im now 27, and looking at the people around me i can certainly see this. The majority of people from my highschool and my friend circles arent in a relationship, and logically also dont have children. Many have tried and failed using dating apps, and just gave up using them.
So yea, the current society does seem to have a problem
Went to a fastfood restaurant yesterday.
About 147 screaming kids, running all over the place.
I am now sure I made the right decision to not have kids.
And the single and childless couples will keep paying the bill I suppose.
Ma de begroting klopt ten minsten!
Why do they make it sound like its a bad thing?
Hey, I would love children. Thing is I barely can take care of myself, with the means and money I’ve got. I wouldn’t want to bring children in such a complicated environment.
>Childlessness threatens to increase: “Postponement at a younger age, is not compensated at a later age”
>Childlessness in our country is in danger of increasing in the future.
Dear VRT. Not to have children should be a personal decision, not a “threat” or a “danger”.
Indeed the government should ensure enough support for parental rights for allowances and leaves and a better control of prices, especially in housing.
The actual trend is the opposite:
[Benefits in case of time credit and thematic leave: stricter conditions from 1 February 2023](https://www.groups.be/nl/hr-nieuws/uitkeringen-geval-van-tijdskrediet-en-thematisch-verlof-strengere)
Maybe stop taxing our wages at 65% for every raise we get in the highest tax scale. We can’t afford houses, let alone children.
I’m a teacher. I have 33 kids and more than half of them still needs to be raised because ‘manners’ are something alot of parents don’t even know anymore.
I am exhausted in the evening but still have to do housework + my work for school. I can’t even imagine having my own kids besides that.
I’m fine with having 33 kids but none of my own.
People are blaming it on cost (groceries, housing etc.). But in reality all studies show that the main driver for lower amount of kids is the education level of women.
A country with more educated women will almost invariably lead to less births. No matter how much money you throw at it to make it financially interesting.
Maybe we are just overpopulated and that’s the correction
De migranten lossen het toch op voor ons jongens , die maken allemaal 5 tot 10 toekomstige werklieden.
Right?
In November, when my wife was just one week pregnant, we immediately started looking for daycare options in our neighborhood (there are about six nearby). If we go through *Kinderopvangpunt*, we’ll have to wait 6–8 months just to get an uncertain answer. So, we decided to search on our own—and the earliest available spot is in **September 2027**!
That means we’ll need to figure out childcare for an entire year. On top of that, we finally thought we could afford having a child… and now we’re expecting **twins**! 😅
I think the elephant in the room is that nowadays couples in their 20s/30s usually set the bar quite high for having children: they want to have a good job which allows for plenty of margin for children, a house big enough (preferably with a garden), a partner they are very certain about + they want to take the most out of this period before you have children as things like long trips or going out gets a lot harder with them.
I’m not saying it’s a bad thing, but I just think it used to be different. With previous generations, more couples were okay with having children while their income wasn’t that great, or a house which wasn’t that big (children sharing a bedroom used to be more common). They often also had children before they realised they actually don’t like their partner that much, hence the fact so many boomers end up divorced but with children. Before, couples would just have children when because society made them feel its the most natural, while now it feels more like a conscious, well thought out choice.
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