Yeah, right. It’s too late. None of them did, and if they did, it would be at great risk to them and child.
35 + courtship period + marriage + 9 months = no kids.
Yeah, right. It’s too late. None of them did, and if they did, it would be at great risk to them and child.
35 + courtship period + marriage + 9 months = no kids.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4418963/
And “risky” here means potential of death or serious defect in child, or death for the mother. It’s irresponsible, unethical, and I don’t understand any parent that would risk the health of their child.
>If you only want one or two kids
This is nuts. Remember, the minimum birth rate is 2.1. Every single woman you've ever met must have 2.1 children just to keep population constant. Every woman who decides to have one or two increases the burden on everyone else.
Just think about the timeline here. Start having children at 35, have your third kid at 38? By the time your youngest is 18 you'll be 56! This is supposed to be the standard life plan, the thing everybody does?
"What about immigration?"
Mexico, Brazil and India already have below-replacement fertility. China, Japan and South Korea have been below replacement so long their populations are now rapidly shrinking. Where are all these immigrants supposed to come from?