Re: how many siblings?

On Sat, 8 Aug 2026 14:04:40 +0100, [email protected]
(Sn!pe) in alt.atheism with message-id
<1rziz9o.194i3vy1iuqyzrN%[email protected]> 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.

I agree that has been a major factor also.

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