Apparently they're also spending so much on bachelor parties that they can't afford children. You know, the stark level of hectoring about those damn "millennials" is starting to get ridiculous. Which, obviously, is why the first 11 reasons by weight are either 1st or 2nd order economic constraints. No, fuckers, ALL of the top reasons were a variation on "I can't afford kids."Americans are having fewer babies. At first, researchers thought the declining fertility rate was because of the recession, but it kept falling even as the economy recovered.
Wanting more leisure time and personal freedom; not having a partner yet; not being able to afford child-care costs — these were the top reasons young adults gave for not wanting or not being sure they wanted children, according to a new survey conducted by Morning Consult for The New York Times.