Extensive preparation before having kids is unnecessary since parents have months to adjust as needs arise.

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• Parents have an obligation to talk up having children, because the case against is made a thousand times louder than the case for. DHDavid Heinemeier Hansson18 Sept 2024
• The difficulty of raising more children increases gradually enough that parents adapt to it without noticing. NENat Eliason18 Sept 2025
• The lack of a policy agenda for families with young kids is likely part of why US fertility rates are at record lows. NSNatasha Sarin19 Oct 2026
• Expecting AI or longer lives to arrive in time makes people skip having a plan for falling birth rates at all. RHRobin Hanson17 Jan 2024
• No one should pressure another person about whether to have children, since it is too personal a decision to be anyone else's business. TUTim Urban23 May 2023

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