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'Remarkable' Decline in Fertility Rates

posted by mrpg on Friday November 16 2018, @02:15AM   Printer-friendly
from the not-so-many-men-are-having-children-either dept.

upstart writes in with a submission, via IRC, for Bytram:

'Remarkable' decline in fertility rates

There has been a remarkable global decline in the number of children women are having, say researchers.

Their report found fertility rate falls meant nearly half of countries were now facing a "baby bust" - meaning there are insufficient children to maintain their population size.

The researchers said the findings were a "huge surprise".

And there would be profound consequences for societies with "more grandparents than grandchildren".

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday November 16 2018, @04:54PM (3 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday November 16 2018, @04:54PM (#762735)

    Rather, he's saying that even if he were "willing to make any commitments", all the cards are stacked against him.

    And I will remind you, it's just one very specific commitment we're talking about here. Following higher education, taking on student debt, and holding a job also requires making commitments. Do you know for certain the GP hasn't done any of those?

  • (Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Friday November 16 2018, @06:07PM (2 children)

    by Runaway1956 (2926) Subscriber Badge on Friday November 16 2018, @06:07PM (#762767) Journal

    I have it on good authority that his mom is tired of making TV dinners for him. And, she's just as tired of going to the basement door to serve his dinners.

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday November 17 2018, @02:57PM (1 child)

      by Anonymous Coward on Saturday November 17 2018, @02:57PM (#763109)

      Then why was she fighting for full custody? I know, you have some info about my mother too. Either you are cheating on your wife, or your children have abusive mom, or you did. Those are the only meanings of your "good authority" retort unless you have no information about anything and just are annoyed that people are asking hard questions. Could it be your personal trauma?

      • (Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Saturday November 17 2018, @03:28PM

        by Runaway1956 (2926) Subscriber Badge on Saturday November 17 2018, @03:28PM (#763117) Journal

        Yes, it's the trauma. I apologize for dropping you on your head when you were a baby.