Re: how many siblings?

Sn!pe wrote:
> Attila <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
>> On Sat, 08 Aug 2026 10:04:15 GMT, Ordatious
>> <[email protected]> in alt.atheism with message-id
>> <[email protected]> wrote:
> [...]
>>> My grandmother was the youngest in a family of 15 children, where 13 lived
>>> to see adulthood.
>>>
>>> Yes, more common in the olden days, but not unheard of even today. I
>>> believe there is a documentary on YouTube somewhere, about a family of ten
>>> (was it?) children, somewhere in Great Britain, if I'm not mistaken.
>>>
>>
>> Children were considered a financial asset,  There was
>> little education, especially for girls, and children
>> were expected to start providing labor at a very early age.
>> With industrialization and population centralization in
>> cities along with an increased level of education and higher
>> standard of living children became a financial liability and
>> as a result birthrates dropped.  Child labor along with
>> uneducated and untrained employment availability largely
>> disappeared.
>>
>> This has been a constant pattern no matter what society was
>> involved.
>>
> 
> The biggest factor driving modern declining birthrates is the 1950's
> development of reliable contraception (the Pill).  Motherhood became
> a woman's choice and it enabled modern female emancipation so that
> she could have her own career rather than being "just a homemaker".
> 
> Sex will always be much more fun than motherhood so this gave rise
> to "free love" without consequences (other than the risk of STDs) hence
> subseqent low fertility.
> 

soon even physical pregnancy will be an option, like riding a 
horse. you will be able to grow your chidlren in synthetic 
wombs.. they have already done it with livestock, i think goats 
or sheep.