It's not just that couples are having fewer children, is that there are fewer couples https://t.co/DePftXFQDf
It's not just that couples are having fewer children, is that there are fewer couples https://t.co/DePftXFQDf
Part of the sex drought is due to the slow-life strategy of young adults delaying settling down with a romantic partner.
Jean M. Twenge • Generations
Gen X’ers delayed marriage but delayed children less, with the average age of motherhood dipping below the average age of marriage. Gen Z is instead postponing both getting married and having children.
Jean M. Twenge • Generations
That was partially due to more Millennials finishing college; women with four-year college degrees have always waited longer to have children, often until their early 30s.
Jean M. Twenge • Generations
EARTH’S BIGGEST CRISIS: NOT ENOUGH HUMANS
We used to panic about too many people. The real problem? We’re not making enough of them.
Birth rates are tanking worldwide. South Korea's basically ghosted childbirth (0.7 kids per woman), and even the U.S. is at a record low.
Experts say we’ll hit “peak humans” around the 2060s—then it’s all downhill. Fewe... See more
We used to panic about too many people. The real problem? We’re not making enough of them.
Birth rates are tanking worldwide. South Korea's basically ghosted childbirth (0.7 kids per woman), and even the U.S. is at a record low.
Experts say we’ll hit “peak humans” around the 2060s—then it’s all downhill. Fewe... See more
Mario Nawfal • Tweet
When the birth rate is below replacement, the country tilts toward having more older people than younger ones.
Jean M. Twenge • Generations
A think tank estimates that by 2031, only six in ten families will