Americans want more kids. Here’s what’s stopping them.
The episode explores why people who want children are increasingly unable to have them, linking personal struggles to systemic issues like economic insecurity, student debt, and inadequate family policy. It argues that the real cost of declining birth rates isn’t demographic collapse, but
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