It’s the American dream: A home, job, spouse, two-car garage, dog, cat and 2.5 kids. Or maybe not.
Millennials, it seems, want it all – except for maybe the kids. If you don’t believe me, do the Google. There are at least a dozen articles online that tout the reasons – some brutally honest reasons – why today’s 20-and 30-somethings don’t want kids, their own or anybody else’s.
I hadn’t realized this was the case. A whole generation not wanting kids. But it’s true. According to data from the Urban Institute birth rates among 20-something women decreased 15 percent between 2007 and ...