drxdrg08 t1_ixax3w4 wrote on November 22, 2022 at 1:58 AM

Reply to comment by Relax007 in The college-age population is about to crash. It will change higher education forever (Article with a focus on PA). by Sovereign2142

> So basically, millennials couldn’t afford kids.

People had more kids during WWII in Europe. It's not that they can't afford. They are just brainwashed to think it's not important.

Relax007 t1_ixcjdal wrote on November 22, 2022 at 12:37 PM

You are omitting the fact that reliable birth control methods were not widely known, accepted, or available. Birth control wasn’t even legal and the pill hadn’t been invented. Of course more children were born before women were able to prevent pregnancy.