Part of it is economic & medical. Prior to the Victorian era, the main form of subsistence in every society on Earth was agriculture. Children weren't just doing chores; they were helping the mother keep the house in order & making food or they were assisting with the livestock & grains. Even wealthy families had 5-6 children because the infant mortality rate was so high.
That said, an entire nation not having enough children to even keep the nation stable is not natural. Even from an evolutionary perspective, populations shouldn't find a declining population normal unless they're close to carrying capacities like China & India. Lack of families also results in higher crime rates.
We now have a culture of denial where men and women think they can just wait until they're 40 to have kids.
Marxism
Part of it is economic & medical. Prior to the Victorian era, the main form of subsistence in every society on Earth was agriculture. Children weren't just doing chores; they were helping the mother keep the house in order & making food or they were assisting with the livestock & grains. Even wealthy families had 5-6 children because the infant mortality rate was so high.
That said, an entire nation not having enough children to even keep the nation stable is not natural. Even from an evolutionary perspective, populations shouldn't find a declining population normal unless they're close to carrying capacities like China & India. Lack of families also results in higher crime rates.
We now have a culture of denial where men and women think they can just wait until they're 40 to have kids.