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To Baby or Not to Baby: The Millennial Question
Why aren’t millennials having babies?
Obviously, millennials are having babies. Most of my friends are around my age and have kids. However, millennials aren’t having as many children, and they’re having children later in life, which is apparently some sort of crisis. (PS. It’s not).
Teen pregnancy is down, due to comprehensive sex education. People are delaying marriage and children because kids are expensive and we can barely afford healthcare and rent.
And some people, despite the pearl clutching from the elder generations, choose not to have kids at all — and doctors won’t sterilize them because they might change their mind or their future partner might want kids.
My parenting decision journey
My whole life, I have wanted to become a parent. But I was waiting for the right time.
When I was about five, I happily announced to my dad that I knew where babies came from. I believed that each little girl had a seed inside her body that would grow into a baby as soon as she got married. I exclaimed, “I have a little baby inside me!” and my dad, very concerned with my understanding of human biology, corrected me. Probably so I wouldn’t shout to people in the…
