childbearing
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Beginning childbearing at 35 instead of at 27 leaves fewer years to decide to have additional children if one desires—this drives birth rate declines, too.
From Slate ● Jul. 6, 2026
It estimates the average number of children a woman would have if she lived through her childbearing years experiencing current rates.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 6, 2026
Must we really dwell, ladies, on the downsides of heterosexual dating, marriage, childbearing, and domestic labor as though they are issues of life and death?
From Salon ● Jun. 3, 2026
In the author’s words, “early childbearing, backbreaking labor, and bad luck were family traditions.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 17, 2026
At the same Tipping Point, the rates of childbearing for teenaged girls — which barely move at all up to that point — nearly double.
From "The Tipping Point" by Malcolm Gladwell
