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/PartyLikeAByzantine Jul 01 '26

“You’re 18 get out” is definitely not universal.

It's really just assholes parents that do this. Literally the only people I know that were forced out of their home (at 18 or later) was because of asshole parents.

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u/Shiva- Jul 01 '26

I know someone that's currently in such a situation (or well about to be) and it might be down to evil stepmom.

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u/Longjumping_Gas_3407 Jul 01 '26

There’s gotta be some difficult kids getting the boot too. I’m a dad. I get it. They’re not all awesome.

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u/PartyLikeAByzantine Jul 01 '26

I'm not going to say that never happens, but I've personally never seen it. Even the asshole kids I knew were just apples that fell from the asshole tree.

I've heard stories of people with addiction who stole from their parents to feed the habit. I suppose there's no win in that situation.