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Middle aged woman.

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Cake day: April 25th, 2026

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  • I think its that in an individualist schema children are a cost not a benefit. Obvs they have a sentimental value once you’ve had them but your life will be significantly more stressful, expensive and overwhelming and you get no reward besides hopefully liking the child (which not all parents do). You could save the effort and have someone you like around by making a friend.

    In a world where children were reared socially and where their surplus labour was enjoyed socially we’d again be individually incentivised to have more children. But when the (material) costs of reproduction are a burden on individuals and nuclear families and the (material) rewards are primarily siphoned by the parasite class, it is a bad deal and the amazing thing is the desire is strong enough despite that that as many people have kids as do.