Stephen Shaw

I think people's dreams for family and young people's assumptions that, hey, society's got me covered.

They're telling me to get an education.

They're telling me to work hard.

And of course, then I'm going to be able to meet someone and settle down because that's what most people want to do.

And then finding out as many as 30% of women dreaming of a family end up childless.

We haven't seen that yet, and I'm not sure it will.

But when you look at all of the challenges, my kids are in their 20s, you see the challenges of this generation, relationship, sex,

Certainly in terms of devoting time to spending time alone, perhaps gaming, etc.

To me, those are not causes.

They're actually consequences.

It used to be in all societies that a young man and woman would have a family by mid-20s.

They'd have different responsibilities.

They would mature in certain ways.

Right now, let's say you're 20 years old and there's someone you're quite interested in.

You're not thinking at that age, mostly, they might be the person I settle down and have family with because for many people, that's 10 years away.

So what do you do?

You fill up your 20s with other things.

What's the point in investing in a relationship?

What's the point of developing a path in life that would prepare me for our children?

That comes in the 30s.