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Japan Is So Desperate to Increase Its Birth Rate That Tokyo Is Trying Out a New Idea: Free Daycare (www.xatakaon.com)

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[-] Skyrmir@lemmy.world 140 points 6 months ago

Decent first step, but it's going to take an actual investment in making parenthood desirable.

[-] cRazi_man@lemm.ee 86 points 6 months ago

Parenthood is already desirable. There's a biological drive and social conditioning to desire it for most people. The disincentives have just become overwhelming. Children take a hell of a lot of resources. Every aspect of modern society has drained all the time, money, energy, emotional resiliance, social support, etc that people need.