As South Korea's birth rate hits fresh lows, Seoul city officials have a plan to help -- subsidised egg freezing. But experts warn the initiative is unlikely to reverse precipitous demographic decline.
The issue isn’t making babies. That we can do no problem. The issue is convincing people to spend money, time, and slow down their careers to raise the babies.
Capitalism raises the price of childhood. Birth control gives people the choice of when to raise kids. Education and equal opportunity provides more compelling life options then just staying at home raising kids.
The sense of local community, the ease of child care, sick care, food, housing stress all factor in to intentional family planning.
The issue isn’t making babies. That we can do no problem. The issue is convincing people to spend money, time, and slow down their careers to raise the babies.
Capitalism raises the price of childhood. Birth control gives people the choice of when to raise kids. Education and equal opportunity provides more compelling life options then just staying at home raising kids.
The sense of local community, the ease of child care, sick care, food, housing stress all factor in to intentional family planning.
The main problem is, that these options are a mere theory for many when two people in a household have to work to make ends meet.
The raising of kids is then just something that comes on top of the existing burdens.
If they let people skip compulsory military service if they’re actively parents. They’ll probably see a bit of a baby boom
A better solution is to make having a family financially practical. I get S. Korea’s need for compulsory military service.