‘It’s not a nice world to bring children into’ - Births fall to the lowest level in 50 years - BBC article

[OneBusyFinch]

Just reading this article and don’t think I’ve seen a thread on it.

More people are having fewer children - and it’s not just the UK, the data shows it’s a worldwide trend. Interesting reading the different perspectives.

I expect this hands off approach probably worked ok when it was normal and expected for other adults to bollock the feral kids when they misbehaved. I've heard parents on here claim that no other adult should even be allowed to speak to their child without going through them.

Of course some children are badly parented and annoying, but that has always been the case and isn’t really what I’m talking about - there are more people who are completely intolerant of normal child behaviour. I don’t think there have always been so many people who don’t think children belong in society and would prefer to see them replaced by dogs.

Having children is a choice. I chose to have less than I would have liked due to cost and life balance. The nurse with her camper seems a strange example plenty of people travel and work with children. I personally feel the world is a different place now to when I had my children over 12 years ago. I would think twice as somehow it seems a scarier and harder place. Yes as a nation we seem to have become more materialistic and sadly I think that has had a huge impact on upbringing.

I actually have had some younger colleagues say to me they do want kids but worry about the amount of SEN these days and worry they wouldn't cope if the child had some issues.

This was my thinking as well, as a teenager and young adult. I’ve worked and volunteered with SEN children, and I have seen how hard it can be for the parents. The possibility of this was one thing which deterred me from becoming a parent.

Gosh that’s a really simplistic view. Did it ever occur to you that those ‘immigrants’ may not share your values or beliefs? However did you think your values get passed down from one generation to another? I find your viewpoint very shortsighted and worrying.