More Babies

I have heard it said that the reason young adult women marry later in life and have fewer babies is because they are career oriented and too self-centered to have a bunch of babies.  I beg to differ.  I think economics and the work world affect women’s decisions.  For one, there is usually a lot of college or post-college debt to be paid off once you get a job.  Then there is the job insecurity with a lot of outsourcing of work, lack of medical benefits and geographic insecurity.  Then there is the high cost of buying a home in many a place where there is work.  Then you have to pay for child education and some day care.  It is not so much our young women who have to change, as it might be more the economic model and culture of our modern western world.