‘Rethink what we expect from parents’: Norway’s grapple with falling birthrate

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1. Sounds like Norway is about to get introduced to unlimited mandatory diversity is our strength.
   Sure the government can investigate additional funds and help for extra children, but that is going to take at least 18 years to start getting the money back.
   And they have no interest in addressing the concerns of the person in the article regarding building a career and getting to the point you can make enough to get by.
   What is needed is 800k new people a year, every year. Think of the economy boom. So much economy.

2. It’s really not hard to solve – just boost legal immigration. Loads of ppl would love to live in Norway. Make it an attractive destination for young ppl/families with the education/skills most needed

   Done right, in about 1 generation the immigrants will be fully integrated into Norway’s culture. In 2-3 generations they won’t even think about where they came from except for celebrating the odd holiday

3. Such a perversion for a government to try and push people into having more kids.

   Identify the trend, okay. Now plan for it. Don’t try and saddle 20 something year olds with the burden of children for whatever end you think is necessary.

   If that’s how it shakes out that’s how it shakes out.

4. Instead of making things way more affordable and fixing the housing crisis by building more houses, the Norwegian government imports a mass number of third world immigration intsead…..

5. Maybe it’s because with the exception of the 10% our lives revolve around work and consumption for existence. Little time for recreation and less time for exploratory thought or creative pursuits. Birth rates are a primary concern due to wanting more meat for the grinder. The beneficiaries are the few at the top.

6. So it sounds like Norway is “catching up” to the rest of the world when it comes to problems, thank goodness! Damn Norwegians have been showing up the planet for *decades* now! *All of this is said in sarcasm.*

   To be fair, though, that’s pretty much what’s happening…Norway is running into problems similar to other countries with the single most affective statistic – affordable housing. A *lot* of countries don’t have an abundance of it or nowhere near enuf to encourage population growth, so we get low birth rates. If people don’t have places to live they won’t have families, it’s really that simple. The implementation is complex because affordable housing is an intricate scenario involving building prospects, incomes, and access to materials. Those things have fixes, and so the housing problem *can* be fixed. It will take political will and public support, but it’s possible.

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