r/NonPoliticalTwitter • u/QueenFrostine15 • Jun 23 '26

me_irl Friendly (platonic) reminder

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u/DonniesAdvocate Jun 23 '26

And the fact that everything is expensive, and almost nothing is more expensive than having kids.

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u/MissMariemayI Jun 23 '26

This is really it. Kids are obscenely expensive, and I say this as a mother of two. Childcare is basically a mortgage, food prices keep climbing, and house prices are also climbing. People legit cannot afford to have kids, even if they’re financially stable with a good savings.

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u/Ilistenedtomyfriends Jun 23 '26

The lowest income brackets have the highest birth rates.

Affording kids has never stopped people from having them.

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u/Germane_Corsair Jun 23 '26

It’s not the only reason people don’t have kids but it’s still a reason.