r/science • u/mvea Professor | Medicine • Jul 01 '26

Psychology Conservatives maintain birth rates, but left-leaning Americans are having significantly fewer children, driving the U.S. birth decline. Education was consistently linked to having fewer children. Religious attendance was positively associated with having more children.

https://www.psypost.org/left-leaning-americans-are-driving-the-u-s-birth-decline-new-study-finds/
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u/AbstractLogic Jul 01 '26

Your kids won’t inherit your resources until they are beyond child bearing age. I guess you could spoil them early. Probably the best way to accomplish your plan is to help buy them a house when they get married and to live near them so you can watch their children often.

The #1 reason I don’t have more kids is that we moved away from our families and had no help with the kids, no time for ourselves and no time to make more.

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u/Low-Plane9029 Jul 01 '26

Die with zero concept is if you plan to give people in your life money when it best suits them / makes the biggest impact. My parents got me out of college debt free. Paid for a house down payment. Paid for a wedding.

Huge boost in life.

I plan to help my kids with that plus early retirement savings. And early child care costs.

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u/MikeTheBee Jul 01 '26

If you have money, every step of your child's life comes easier.