Andrew Sage

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Yeah.

Yeah.

Yeah.

I mean, you can just look at the economy.

Things have been getting worse for my entire life.

You know, there hasn't been any point in my life where anyone in my generation could look around honestly and say, yeah, you know, this is, we be cooking, you know, it's time to double, double it.

You know, let's, let's have a child.

You know, the housing situation has gotten worse.

The cost of living as a whole has gotten worse.

Childcare costs have gotten worse.

And of course, outside of that economic stuff, there's also cultural attitude shifts, you know, people realizing I don't need to have a child to be fulfilled to find meaning.

You know, people are able to pursue higher education and also they're more educated about the process of childbearing in general, including the very valid medical concerns surrounding that whole process.

I mean, if I were a woman, I would not want to have a child.

You know, the consequences on their bodies, on their minds, on their health, the risks to their very life are not something that can be swept aside as it was previously.

People are aware of it now.

People are talking about it now and they are empowered to make decisions that feel right for them.

You know, a lot of people are also very much focused on their careers, either by choice or because they don't have any other choice but to focus on putting food on the table.

You know, people are also getting married later.

And as a whole, we have shifted to want a more individual society.