What do you think about the fact that fewer women are having babies, is it a good thing or not?

Question

Due to the feminist movement a lot of women are getting a college education(excellent!!) and earning more than husbands (1/4), however this has led to women having a harder time finding husbands(women are naturally wanting husbands who have at least equal earning capacity) and not having children(1/4 of women who earn degrees do not bare children) and waiting too long for kids(down syndrome, retardation, and much lower fertility).. Also women are suffering a lot of stress because they find it hard to be mom(natural role ) and career lady(very satisfying)..Are we better off as women or have we bitten off more than we can chew..Do you think the ladies who wait too long to have a baby(career) are going to be sad and lonely later on, or will careers be enough?

Answer 1

I wish more women were having more babies. Our countries are expanding only because of immigration.
However, there are families like ours with one child - when we really were hoping to raise a half-dozen. Sometimes things just come out of the blue, hit you hard, and you can't have what you hoped for.

Answer 2

A woman who decides to have babies and raise children chooses the most important, challenging and fulfilling career I can think of. Its certainly a lot more important than anything I've ever done as a man -- for work.

I think its a colossal assumption that "women are naturally wanting husbands who have at least equal earning capacity" and a twisted statistic or total misrepresentation that "1/4 of women who earn degrees do not bare (which is spelled 'bear' in this use of the word Ms. Professional) children" because they "wait too long". I seriously doubt that its a "fact" that fewer women are having babies.

But, I will say that every woman I've ever met who put off having children to "push papers around in the work-a-day world" ... was filled with deep regret once they discovered motherhood.

Answer 3

I think its great that fewer women are having kids. Much better than a woman popping out 10 kids she can't care for. Hopefully, this means that the kids who ARE born will have the attention, food, neccesities, etc that they need. Schools will stop being over crowded, the world won't become over populated. AND some people just aren't meant to be parents! Its great that they realize this. Although, a BIG downside to women and their careers is this: the ones that have a child AND a career. The child lives in daycare and never sees his/her parents. At least one parent should stay home. I think it is very selfish for a family to put both parents' careers before their child.

Answer 4

I think you're missing the point on this one. Due to the limitless possibilities, women don't have to have babies. It's a choice. I'm an educated, career woman who has been married for nearly 8 years. We don't have kids and aren't actively seeking to expand our family. My husband and I have an incredible life that I wouldn't trade for a minute. Not every woman feels compelled to have children - and I think that not all women feel they have to do so to keep society, etc. happy. I have friends who have kids and would trade places with me in a minute. It's all a highly personal choice - not something you can sum up with some general stereotypes. And because women choose not to have kids, doesn't mean they don't have husbands.

Answer 5

Personally I think women are just wiser these days to the whole baby issue I also think it is good that less women are having babies for one this world is going to the crapper. Secondly this world is also extremely over-populated where most countries are bursting at the seams literally. Take asia for instance they have basically introduced stacked cubes because of the over-population as there housing. But really it costs to much to raise a child this day and age and alot of
people want to work and enjoy a easy married life without the baggage. It is also proven that alot of women are joining the
workforce instead of being housewives.

Answer 6

with the population the way it is I think that having fewer babies is a good thing.

Whether or not the women will feel a void in their lyf without a child is merely personal. Some maybe satisfied others may feel sad.

Answer 7

I am a career woman and I know that I don't have any time to get married or have a baby--it is my personal choice. I don't want to be burdened with a family and I don't think I am missing out on anything. I have watched my mother struggle trying to juggle work, raising kids, and housework. I decided then and there, it wasn't what I wanted and I am happy with my decision.

Answer 8

I think if it feels right to wait, or even to forgo having babies at all - there is no harm in it. There are a lot of other things that can bring satisfaction in life. Unfortunately, those who have no business having kids at all are as prolific as ever - only the smarter ones seem to have fewer babies!

Answer 9

I had my first child at 17 and my last at 31 and I would have been a much better mother if I had waited, gone to college and gotten a career b4 kids, dont get me wrong I love my life, it just wouldve been simpler than trying to juggle kids, classes & homework (mine & theirs) God Bless and the parents out there, it is the hardest & most rewarding job there is!

Answer 10

I think it's great! That means that more of the children who are being born will be born to parents who know what a hard -and- important job parenting can be and who have chosen to do so, anyway. That means there will be fewer people in the world who are messed up because their parents weren't ready to be parents.