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It's almost tautological but the younger you start the more kids you generally have.

Pro-natalist policies are generally focussed on the "have one more" margin and not at the "start three years earlier" margin.

The problem with "have one more" is that fertility is already declining from mid-30s and the opportunity costs are higher due to generally higher earning power.

There were a few girls in my high school who had kids in their late teens. At the time I was utterly scornful as I reckoned they were giving up a decade or more of child-free comfort and earning. Two decades on my opinion had reversed. Although those girls are for sure poorer than they would otherwise have been they've had double the amount of child-time as I've had, and it's something I would've done earlier if I'd known how rewarding it is.

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samoan62's avatar

Why would they want to prevent births when every country is having a fertility crisis? Glad this could help get the numbers up lol.

Our first just turned 4 months old and it's been great! Anyone who tells you that raising kids is "sooo so hard" or "you'll never sleep" is bullshit. Everyone deep down wants kids and should have them.

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