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"So the decision to avoid having children may amount to a kind of performance anxiety in the face of intense expectations and weak governmental and social support". (hexbear.net)

submitted 1 year ago by Yuritopiaposadism@hexbear.net to c/chapotraphouse@hexbear.net

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https://twitter.com/juutsid/status/1720518455458214044

tl;dr: millennials are afraid of failure.

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[-] ThereRisesARedStar@hexbear.net 43 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I'm coming to the realization that I would have kids if I could give them a good life. But I can't, and my household is like, actually upper middle class. It is obscene that with how much money we make we can't even use that money to have a kid and give them a good life.