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[–] Vvswiftvv17 ago  (edited ago)

No Stockholm syndrome here. What if....just maybe you were conditioned by advertisers to believe having children are bad?

Think about it, once you have a family your disposable income is gone. Sure you buy new things for the kids and their is a huge toy industry. However, once you have kids your shopping patterns change. Your money is spent on food, used clothes and toys, and household goods. Of course those items make money, but companies make more money off of single unattached people. Singles buy new cars, take expensive trips, invest in over prices pimped out homes, buy new iPhones every year, and overall but more luxury new goods. They also can commit to working longer hours and being more productive (making more money for these same companies).

Do you really believe it's an "awaking" of individuals that they suddenly no longer want families? Or could it be the first generation of adults that truly grew up around commercials 24/7 was indoctrinated by this thinking?

Why suddenly after centuries of societies believing family is something to be cherished, it now is spit on and mocked? Even enlightened civilizations before us still held family as valuable. Why the sudden change?

I believe its the difference between previous generations and our own: advertising.

Better to have a public scared of commitment and think parenting is a burden. Have them stay single, work hard for us, and spend more money on our products.

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[–] NyranK ago 

I seriously doubt it's a change in commercials. A rather large subset of all products require, or are at least influenced by, children. Consumerism is kid friendly.

I'd say a big part of the trend is the women's rights movement, putting women in the workforce and allowing them to concentrate on a career instead of being a mother. Throw in the economic changes, where it's no longer possible to raise a family on a single income in a lot of places and you can understand the change. Having kids just isn't the priority these days. There's no ulterior motives behind it.

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[–] Vvswiftvv17 ago  (edited ago)

I don't think so. Women Rights with birth control became mainstream in the 60's. If that was the case we would have seen the dramatic shift immediately. We didn't. It took fifty years!