Could you share, if only for reference and comparison, where you live? I'm assuming, because of the missing work/life balance, that you live in the US?

It always seemed crazy to me that there still are societies and countries out there not offering more support to new parents, and even existing parents. It's literally what makes the country survive long-term, and without new children, you'll obviously end up in stagnation. So why not make it really easy and worry-free?

▲

hollerith 4 days ago | parent [-]

The way the US supports parents is by having an economy that produces high-paying jobs for most young adults willing to work hard.

Since the fertility rate in the US is significantly higher than the rate in the Western Europe, I conclude that this works pretty well.

	▲	embedding-shape 4 days ago \| parent \| next [-]
		> having an economy that produces high-paying jobs for most young adults willing to work hard I was gonna check how it looks like right now in the US, but seems the government been unable to publish official reports about employment for some reason, so hard to know exactly, but suddenly avoiding to release official reports usually isn't a signal that things are going great. 3rd parties seems to indicate the progress of "producing high-paying jobs" isn't going all so well: > Wednesday’s decision was justified primarily by weakening conditions in the job market. Hiring has slowed markedly since the summer, while unemployment has ticked up and businesses across industries have begun signaling greater caution > Private-sector signals have flashed more urgency. ADP’s November report showed employers shedding a net 32,000 jobs, the sharpest decline in more than two years > hiring remained stuck at 3.2%, consistent with what economists and Powell himself have called a “low hire, low fire” labor market. Companies aren’t slashing staff outright—but they aren’t expanding either. That’s enough to worry economists. https://fortune.com/2025/12/10/fed-cuts-rate-december-hawkis...
	▲	aurareturn 4 days ago \| parent \| prev \| next [-]
		https://www.reddit.com/r/Natalism/comments/1bwxsuj/total_us_... It seems like $300k+ is where households feel comfortable having kids. Also note that poor people have more kids than the middle, which makes sense. Every study has shown the same thing.
	▲	matthewaveryusa 4 days ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		Seems to be working so well all those demographic numbers are going up and to the right! That correlation between wealth and number of children is staggering it's almost causal if only I could prove it. Let's double down on it!