Opinion Today: Why are we having fewer children?

The answer includes, but goes beyond, “family-hostile” policy. 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Though I always imagined having two kids to give each of them a chance at the close relationship I have with my brother — he was “Man of Honor” in my wedding and I the “Best Ma’am” in his — I knew the logistics would only get harder with a second. How do parents corral two kids through the action-packed gauntlet between day care pickup, dinner and bedtime? Despite my frantic TikTok searches for “2 under 2 evening routine,” I cannot fathom actually pulling it off. On the Ezra Klein Show this week, we’re featuring two episodes examining why my shrunken sense of possibility is becoming a norm across much of the world. [Fertility rates are falling](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRn3_gSP0TyaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyNC8wMy8yMC9icmllZmluZy9hbWVyaWNhbi1wb3B1bGF0aW9uLXNsb3dkb3duLWltbWlncmF0aW9uLmh0bWw_Y2FtcGFpZ25faWQ9MzkmZW1jPWVkaXRfdHlfMjAyNDAzMjImaW5zdGFuY2VfaWQ9MTE4MjY0Jm5sPW9waW5pb24tdG9kYXkmcmVnaV9pZD03NzY3NDk1MiZzZWdtZW50X2lkPTE2MTQ5MiZ0ZT0xJnVzZXJfaWQ9YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDdXA255dEIKZfsSc_1lN6v971IbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAD), in some cases [below replacement rates](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRn3_gSP0TzaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vaW50ZXJhY3RpdmUvMjAyMy8wOS8xOC9vcGluaW9uL2h1bWFuLXBvcHVsYXRpb24tZ2xvYmFsLWdyb3d0aC5odG1sP2NhbXBhaWduX2lkPTM5JmVtYz1lZGl0X3R5XzIwMjQwMzIyJmluc3RhbmNlX2lkPTExODI2NCZubD1vcGluaW9uLXRvZGF5JnJlZ2lfaWQ9Nzc2NzQ5NTImc2VnbWVudF9pZD0xNjE0OTImdGU9MSZ1c2VyX2lkPWFhNDkxZWY3ZjFkOTY0ZTQ5NzlmYjc4NGU3NGUwMWQ3VwNueXRCCmX7EnP9ZTer_e9SG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAw~~), even in countries like Sweden and Japan that have invested far more in family-support policies than the United States has. What’s behind this cross-cultural decline in births? Can generous work-family policies enable people to feel like they can realistically have larger families? On our [first episode](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRn3_gSP0TsaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyNC8wMy8xOS9vcGluaW9uL2V6cmEta2xlaW4tcG9kY2FzdC1qZW5uaWZlci1zY2l1YmJhLmh0bWw_Y2FtcGFpZ25faWQ9MzkmZW1jPWVkaXRfdHlfMjAyNDAzMjImaW5zdGFuY2VfaWQ9MTE4MjY0Jm5sPW9waW5pb24tdG9kYXkmcmVnaV9pZD03NzY3NDk1MiZzZWdtZW50X2lkPTE2MTQ5MiZ0ZT0xJnVzZXJfaWQ9YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDdXA255dEIKZfsSc_1lN6v971IbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAD), demographer Jennifer D. Sciubba, author of “[8 Billion and Counting: How Sex, Death, and Migration Shape Our World](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRn3_gSP0TBaHR0cHM6Ly93d25vcnRvbi5jb20vYm9va3MvOTc4MTMyNDAwMjcwMz9jYW1wYWlnbl9pZD0zOSZlbWM9ZWRpdF90eV8yMDI0MDMyMiZpbnN0YW5jZV9pZD0xMTgyNjQmbmw9b3Bpbmlvbi10b2RheSZyZWdpX2lkPTc3Njc0OTUyJnNlZ21lbnRfaWQ9MTYxNDkyJnRlPTEmdXNlcl9pZD1hYTQ5MWVmN2YxZDk2NGU0OTc5ZmI3ODRlNzRlMDFkN1cDbnl0Qgpl-xJz_WU3q_3vUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAM~),” examines this trend across the globe and what it could imply for the future of our societies. Then Caitlyn Collins, author of “[Making Motherhood Work: How Women Manage Careers and Caregiving](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRn3_gSP0TpaHR0cHM6Ly9wcmVzcy5wcmluY2V0b24uZWR1L2Jvb2tzL2hhcmRjb3Zlci85NzgwNjkxMTc4ODUxL21ha2luZy1tb3RoZXJob29kLXdvcms_Y2FtcGFpZ25faWQ9MzkmZW1jPWVkaXRfdHlfMjAyNDAzMjImaW5zdGFuY2VfaWQ9MTE4MjY0Jm5sPW9waW5pb24tdG9kYXkmcmVnaV9pZD03NzY3NDk1MiZzZWdtZW50X2lkPTE2MTQ5MiZ0ZT0xJnVzZXJfaWQ9YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDdXA255dEIKZfsSc_1lN6v971IbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAD),” [zooms in](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRn3_gSP0TraHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyNC8wMy8yMi9vcGluaW9uL2V6cmEta2xlaW4tcG9kY2FzdC1jYWl0bHluLWNvbGxpbnMuaHRtbD9jYW1wYWlnbl9pZD0zOSZlbWM9ZWRpdF90eV8yMDI0MDMyMiZpbnN0YW5jZV9pZD0xMTgyNjQmbmw9b3Bpbmlvbi10b2RheSZyZWdpX2lkPTc3Njc0OTUyJnNlZ21lbnRfaWQ9MTYxNDkyJnRlPTEmdXNlcl9pZD1hYTQ5MWVmN2YxZDk2NGU0OTc5ZmI3ODRlNzRlMDFkN1cDbnl0Qgpl-xJz_WU3q_3vUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAM~) on the “lifeworlds” of parenthood in the United States and Sweden: the mix of policies, institutions and cultural norms that affect people’s experience of raising children. Ultimately, as Ezra and his guests discuss, the problem may not be the fertility rate itself. Rather, we’ve created a problem of stifled desire: [American families want more children than they end up having](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRn3_gSP0TzaHR0cHM6Ly9uZXdzLmdhbGx1cC5jb20vcG9sbC81MTEyMzgvYW1lcmljYW5zLXByZWZlcmVuY2UtbGFyZ2VyLWZhbWlsaWVzLWhpZ2hlc3QtMTk3MS5hc3B4P2NhbXBhaWduX2lkPTM5JmVtYz1lZGl0X3R5XzIwMjQwMzIyJmluc3RhbmNlX2lkPTExODI2NCZubD1vcGluaW9uLXRvZGF5JnJlZ2lfaWQ9Nzc2NzQ5NTImc2VnbWVudF9pZD0xNjE0OTImdGU9MSZ1c2VyX2lkPWFhNDkxZWY3ZjFkOTY0ZTQ5NzlmYjc4NGU3NGUwMWQ3VwNueXRCCmX7EnP9ZTer_e9SG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAw~~). Perhaps we’ve become “pro-child” but “anti-children”: Parents devote so much time and energy to optimizing a single kid’s life that the effort feels difficult to replicate. Until policy and parenting culture become more forgiving, families may continue to shrink — whether people want them to or not. Listen to the episodes: [[Article Image] The New York Times](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRn3_gSP0TraHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyNC8wMy8yMi9vcGluaW9uL2V6cmEta2xlaW4tcG9kY2FzdC1jYWl0bHluLWNvbGxpbnMuaHRtbD9jYW1wYWlnbl9pZD0zOSZlbWM9ZWRpdF90eV8yMDI0MDMyMiZpbnN0YW5jZV9pZD0xMTgyNjQmbmw9b3Bpbmlvbi10b2RheSZyZWdpX2lkPTc3Njc0OTUyJnNlZ21lbnRfaWQ9MTYxNDkyJnRlPTEmdXNlcl9pZD1hYTQ5MWVmN2YxZDk2NGU0OTc5ZmI3ODRlNzRlMDFkN1cDbnl0Qgpl-xJz_WU3q_3vUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAM~) [The Ezra Klein Show The Deep Conflict Between Our Work and Parenting Ideals The sociologist Caitlyn Collins discusses why parenting feels so difficult in America.](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRn3_gSP0TraHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyNC8wMy8yMi9vcGluaW9uL2V6cmEta2xlaW4tcG9kY2FzdC1jYWl0bHluLWNvbGxpbnMuaHRtbD9jYW1wYWlnbl9pZD0zOSZlbWM9ZWRpdF90eV8yMDI0MDMyMiZpbnN0YW5jZV9pZD0xMTgyNjQmbmw9b3Bpbmlvbi10b2RheSZyZWdpX2lkPTc3Njc0OTUyJnNlZ21lbnRfaWQ9MTYxNDkyJnRlPTEmdXNlcl9pZD1hYTQ5MWVmN2YxZDk2NGU0OTc5ZmI3ODRlNzRlMDFkN1cDbnl0Qgpl-xJz_WU3q_3vUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAM~) [play button] 1 HR 8 MIN LISTEN [[Article Image] The New York Times](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRn3_gSP0TsaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyNC8wMy8xOS9vcGluaW9uL2V6cmEta2xlaW4tcG9kY2FzdC1qZW5uaWZlci1zY2l1YmJhLmh0bWw_Y2FtcGFpZ25faWQ9MzkmZW1jPWVkaXRfdHlfMjAyNDAzMjImaW5zdGFuY2VfaWQ9MTE4MjY0Jm5sPW9waW5pb24tdG9kYXkmcmVnaV9pZD03NzY3NDk1MiZzZWdtZW50X2lkPTE2MTQ5MiZ0ZT0xJnVzZXJfaWQ9YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDdXA255dEIKZfsSc_1lN6v971IbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAD) [The Ezra Klein Show Birthrates Are Plummeting Worldwide. 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Sciubba examines why families — even in wealthy nations — are having fewer children.](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRn3_gSP0TsaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyNC8wMy8xOS9vcGluaW9uL2V6cmEta2xlaW4tcG9kY2FzdC1qZW5uaWZlci1zY2l1YmJhLmh0bWw_Y2FtcGFpZ25faWQ9MzkmZW1jPWVkaXRfdHlfMjAyNDAzMjImaW5zdGFuY2VfaWQ9MTE4MjY0Jm5sPW9waW5pb24tdG9kYXkmcmVnaV9pZD03NzY3NDk1MiZzZWdtZW50X2lkPTE2MTQ5MiZ0ZT0xJnVzZXJfaWQ9YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDdXA255dEIKZfsSc_1lN6v971IbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAD) [play button] 1 HR 3 MIN LISTEN [Continue reading the main story](#a11y-skip-universal-0) ADVERTISEMENT [Ad](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRn3_gSP0SXaHR0cHM6Ly9saXZlaW50ZW50Lm5ld3lvcmt0aW1lc2luZm8uY29tL2NsaWNrP3M9NTk3ODUmbGk9VFkmbT1hYTQ5MWVmN2YxZDk2NGU0OTc5ZmI3ODRlNzRlMDFkNyZwPVRZXzIwMjQwMzIyJnRlPTEmbmw9b3Bpbmlvbi10b2RheSZlbWM9ZWRpdF90eV8yMDI0MDMyMlcDbnl0Qgpl-xJz_WU3q_3vUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAM~) Here’s what we’re focusing on today: Editors’ Picks [Guest Essay The Great Rupture in American Jewish Life What happens when liberalism and Zionism can no longer be reconciled? 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