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Fertility rates get cut in HALF by 35.

Fertility rates get cut in HALF by 35.

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[–] • 2 pts

It's much safer for women and healthier for babies if mothers have their first child while they're younger. I know a couple women who had children at 40 with no issues but they had large families and had their first kids at 20 or so.

In addition to fertility issues, maternal age has a strong correlation with rates of autism, although that may be influenced by the other lifestyle and healthcare choices made by women who wait to have children until after 35.

[–] [deleted] • 1 pt

Agree. I'm posting this because I made the mistake of "waiting" and "saving up" etc. when it really wasn't necessary. We are now mid thirties and having problems, 3 miscarriages now. It's incredibly demoralizing and discouraging. I'll never give up but I can see why people give up after a while.

[–] • 1 pt

I'm sorry man. We lost one at a month old, it's devastating. I pray for the best for you and your family.

[–] [deleted] • 1 pt

Wow that is awful, I'm sorry. Thanks for your prayers, I will reciprocate.

[–] • 1 pt

Young men don't have the resources today to support growing families. This is by design. Should young men be fathers though? Right now to make this work you are looking at 18 year old women marrying 35-55 year old men.

If the idea that for every sperm cell is a copy of a man's brain, including his life experience to that point, would it not make sense to seek an older man to fertilize your egg?

[–] [deleted] • 0 pt

Certainly seems that way. The other possibility would be for older, wealthier members of the family to give young couples assistance financially, maybe pay for some major child-related expenses as a gift.

[–] • 1 pt

Not only does fertility rate matter, but having children earlier is important for the overall birth rate of the population. Even if they have the same number of kids, if they have them younger it will result in a higher white population down the road than if they wait until their 30's to start having them

[–] [deleted] • 0 pt

I didn't think about that, excellent point. If people have kids at 25 instead of 35 we would eventually increase birth rates by the same proportion.

[–] • 1 pt

When I saw my children born, it was like looking at God. Why I was put on this earth. Can't put a dollar value on that.

[–] • 1 pt

Why is the x axis so fucked up, the truncatinator himself has struck this data

True though

[–] [deleted] • 1 pt

modern society is such a complete fuck up. the entire media and edjewcation system should be rounded up and exterminated. without a focussed effort on encouraging families, fidelity and children ... there's no future.

[–] [deleted] • 0 pt

Do you know how expensive it is to have many children? Are you a millionaire, or are you living in an RV like gypsies?

[–] • 1 pt

If you can take the first step of having your wife stay home and getting by on a single income, having more children scales reasonably well. With a homemaker doing her job you eliminate childcare costs, which are often the equivalent of a second mortgage for just one child. And if your wife is doing her homemaking correctly you'll be able to feed and clothe your family for much less than if both parents are working.

My wife and I had to make some (((lifestyle))) sacrifices to make ends meet at first but it's worth it if you can pull it off. We don't have fancy things or as many toys or vacations as some of our friends, but our kids are healthier and learning at a greatly accelerated rate compared to their peers, and having another 2 or 3 won't really change our budgeting that much.

[–] [deleted] • 0 pt

What about school tuition and hobbies?

[–] • 1 pt

Homeschooling is far easier and cheaper than the mainstream would have you believe. That's part of homemaking as far as I'm concerned. Having enough money for extra hobbies and whatnot can be tough at times.

I'm teaching my kids to play the piano and the basics of shooting/hunting, car repair and home maintenance. I have a friend who is teaching all of us to weld. My wife is teaching them how to cook and about food production and animal husbandry in general.

I guess it depends on what you consider to be valuable uses of time. In my experience, if you start to pursue that kind of traditional family arrangement in earnest, you'll end up in contact with other like minded folks and hobbies get replaced with helping others with their work and bringing kids along to watch and learn.

[–] [deleted] • 0 pt

Something around $5,000 would be a typical cost of childbirth, with some of that covered by insurance. After that you need to feed & clothe them but from my experience that doesn't cost much. You're already paying for shelter. Childcare is usually the largest cost, it can be negated by having the mother stay home. And cultivate a close-knit family unit with grandparents will support that effort.

[–] [deleted] • 0 pt

You forgot school tuition and relative private lessons for hobbies.

[–] [deleted] • 0 pt

True, I'm not there yet in life so I don't have a baseline. Right now it seems like a small concern though, there are always cheap hobbies and home school if it comes to that.