Another week, another birth rate panic!

We recorded this ep before Dr Oz starting shrieking out about “under-babied” Americans, when the UK was freaking out about the death rate possibly exceeding the birth rate…

But guess what bro, the birth rate’s been falling for 50 years! It might be time to accept that and adapt - unless what you’re really worried about is being “replaced” by people who don’t look or live like you?

And even if you believe the birth rate is a problem to be solved, as childfree people, is it our problem? 📉💥

The Independent: UK population growth set to slow due to reduced migration and lower fertility rates

OVERSHOOT podcast: Falling Birth Rates are Not a Crisis | Philip N. Cohen

BBC: More UK deaths than births expected every year from now on, ONS projects

The Telegraph: Britain’s demographic timebomb is about to blow. We have three terrible choices

Statista: Fertility rate hits record low in England and Wales

We are Childfree podcast: Childfree Elder Judi: “I Feel Joyful Every Day”

Daily Mail: UK fertility timebomb: Crisis as birth rates drop to all time low with some areas becoming 'baby deserts' as so few are having children

Diabolical Lies podcast: Gen Z Women's New "Anti-Woke Voice”

The Guardian: The tipping point: what happens when deaths outnumber births?

Our World in Data: Fertility rate

Life Without Children: Russia Is Sending Women Who Don’t Want Kids To Have Their Heads Checked

Journal: Earth at risk: An urgent call to end the age of destruction and forge a just and sustainable future

Come see us at Storyhouse Childless in September in the UK! We’ll be giving a keynote speech about the birth rate panic, hosting panels on ageing without children, creating community, and childfree men - and we’d love to see you there. Grab your weekend pass here.

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