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On whether having a baby ruins your life or not

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A list of pros and cons for anyone considering procreating

The author, without a clue There’s been a lot in the culture recently about whether having a kid ruins your life. Last month, a 27-year-old pop star went viral for telling a podcaster all her friends with babies are unhappy and ‘in hell’, sparking a mini-furore online. Right or wrong, she definitely tapped into something. Birthrates are plummeting around the world, leading to reports sex may be dead. The threat of a third (or is it fourth?) recession since high school hangs over today’s generation of 30-somethings, meaning parenthood feels financially risky. In this era of scarcity,…

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