The World As You Left It

 

A recent story in The Independent recounts the responses of younger childfree people to Boomers who are grieving not becoming grandparents.

Among the responses was this one: 

“Maybe if Boomers and elder Gen X had focused on voting for policies that benefited their children rather than themselves, they could have had grandchildren. They pulled up the ladder behind them and expected us to keep climbing.”

Although there are, of course, plenty of Boomers and elder Gen X who have worked very hard to make the world a better place with a better quality of life for subsequent generations, the observation holds true across the entire generation.

The world as they left it is not, in fact, hospitable for parenting for many reasons for many people.

That was a choice. And so is the choice to remain childfree in response to the consequences.

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