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Almost 1 in 4 millennials and Gen Z-ers say they won't have kids due to finances (www.cbsnews.com)

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[–] Fleppensteijn@feddit.nl 104 points 2 months ago (3 children)

Many people my age have terrible boomer parents who just had kids because "that's just what you do". They didn't even consider you could just not make babies.

Maybe we just think more for ourselves than the older generation.

[–] Glitch@lemmy.dbzer0.com 22 points 2 months ago

Right??? My siblings have an 18 year span, I'll be 38 when the youngest graduates highschool. I feel like I already have kids, I'm doing so much emotional and financial support for these ones

[–] stoly@lemmy.world 9 points 2 months ago

Worse in my case, I had the sort of parents who thought that more was better at any cost. My childhood really sucked.

[–] captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

pretty sure that's why I exist.

[–] Ragnarok314159@sopuli.xyz 7 points 2 months ago

Yep. My parents let me know why a burden my existence was at all possible times. They would leave me and my brother home alone (aged 8 and 5) after until bedtime. I have no idea what they were doing because work ended three hours ago. We lived off ritz crackers and easy to make food.

The teachers would tell us to shut up and be grateful we had a home when we talked about being hungry. Back in the 80’s you didn’t get free/reduced lunches. You were just a kid who forgot their lunch money for the 100th day in a row because you are a stupid piece of shit.

The 80’s were wild. No idea how Boomers got away with so much child abuse.