My Mum told me that I'd grown up a lot after my daughter was born. Perhaps male adolescence is extended because they're not becoming Dads? Which is cause and which is effect? (View Post)

My recollection is that the survey evidence shows that women, on average, want one more child than they have. So we don't have to worry about the people who don't want kids. We have to worr… (View Post)

My Dad was born in 1946. For the first few months his parents lived with my Dad's grandparents. Then my Dad's Dad returned to university to finish his degree, and they rented a cottage on a… (View Post)

Women have options and can say no. That's a big change. I don't think the way forward is to make it so that women don't have options and can't say no. We have to find ways to help… (View Post)

In part I blame advertising. Obviously selling to parents is profitable. Parents want the best for their kids and are mostly prepared to pay for it. So there's lots of advertising to convince pa… (View Post)