![]() ![]() Challenging economic conditions-brought about first by the Great Recession and then by the Covid-19 pandemic a decade later-have made it extremely difficult for many millennials to create secure home lives for young children. “Women are choosing to have no children, in other words, because they want other things-lattes, degrees, careers, vacations, definitely avocado toast-more than they want kids,” writes the author. The reasons for this trend go far beyond simplistic explanations that modern women are “too selfish, too greedy, too shortsighted,” and too focused on their careers. Millennial women are now at the peak of their childbearing years, but as O’Donnell Heffington observes, their rate of childlessness is almost as high as that of fertile women who lived during the Great Depression. A history professor explores the many reasons why increasing numbers of women are choosing to be childless. ![]()
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