A Slight Exaggeration Methinks.

[mso489]

In cultures where many marry when they are 15, the number of offspring is considerably increased, and grandparents may still be having children of their own, and great grandparents aren't all that unique. On the other hand, if people are still struggling to pay off student debt in their thirties, by the time they get around to considering having children, their fertility might not be exactly roaring along. Maybe that's nature putting on the brakes?

 

[SBC]

In cultures where many marry when they are 15, the number of offspring is considerably increased, and grandparents may still be having children of their own, and great grandparents aren't all that unique. On the other hand, if people are still struggling to pay off student debt in their thirties, by the time they get around to considering having children, their fertility might not be exactly roaring along. Maybe that's nature putting on the brakes?

You're absolutely correct to see the correlation between, on the one hand, modern educational and economic assumptions and dynamics, and on the other hand, longer generational cycles and lower fertility rates.

But I would not call that nature putting on the brakes. I would call that something else putting the brakes on nature.

 

[wayneteipen]

I can't help but imagine her uterus prolapsing with the slightest sneeze or hiccup.