JensSpahnpasta@feddit.org to Europe@feddit.orgEnglish · 2 days agoFrance sends letters to 29-year-olds telling them to get on with having childrenwww.independent.co.ukexternal-linkmessage-square46linkfedilinkarrow-up1123arrow-down12cross-posted to: world@lemmy.worldnews@lemmings.world
arrow-up1121arrow-down1external-linkFrance sends letters to 29-year-olds telling them to get on with having childrenwww.independent.co.ukJensSpahnpasta@feddit.org to Europe@feddit.orgEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square46linkfedilinkcross-posted to: world@lemmy.worldnews@lemmings.world
minus-squareSanctus@anarchist.nexuslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up28·2 days agoIts always “have more children” and never “here is 1 million dollars to have a child comfortably”
minus-square1dalm@lemmings.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·1 day agoIt has nothing to do with money and everything to do with community. People aren’t having kids because communities have been hollowed out.
minus-squareSanctus@anarchist.nexuslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 day agoAnd communities have been hollowed out because everyone is out for 9 hours a day making money.
minus-square1dalm@lemmings.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 day agoMaking money… So that they can buy a tv so they can spend their last two hours of awake time alone watching tv.
minus-squareSanctus@anarchist.nexuslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 day agoCause my community meet up is totally at 8:30 PM directly after I put my kids down. I get it, if you want it you gotta put in the elbow grease. But this was done purposefully and it worked wonders.
minus-squareplyth@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·1 day agoHow would children be treated if they are only conceived for the money? How many parents would hand them a tablet and leave them to themselves?
minus-squaregreenbit@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·1 day agoIf a country wants people to birth so much, it can cover the upbringing, no need to pay the parents.
Its always “have more children” and never “here is 1 million dollars to have a child comfortably”
It has nothing to do with money and everything to do with community.
People aren’t having kids because communities have been hollowed out.
And communities have been hollowed out because everyone is out for 9 hours a day making money.
Making money… So that they can buy a tv so they can spend their last two hours of awake time alone watching tv.
Cause my community meet up is totally at 8:30 PM directly after I put my kids down. I get it, if you want it you gotta put in the elbow grease. But this was done purposefully and it worked wonders.
How would children be treated if they are only conceived for the money?
How many parents would hand them a tablet and leave them to themselves?
If a country wants people to birth so much, it can cover the upbringing, no need to pay the parents.