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Won't someone please think of the boomers?! (thelemmy.club)
submitted 2 years ago* by to c/childfree@lemmy.world
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Wall Street Journal post on Facebook titled "Americans Are Having Fewer Babies- So Fewere People Get to Be Grandparents". The subheading reads "Baby boomers are hitting prime grandparenting age. Only there's a problem: A smaller sdhare of them have grandkids than before and they're not thrilled about it". There is a link to the article at https://on.wsj.com/4gJS2GW
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[–] 30 points 2 years ago (4 children)

Kids are a retirement strategy in poorer countries, they are the opposite in richer ones.

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  • [–] 6 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Retirement strategy?

    China, India, Syria...

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