Doomscrolling and declining birth rates
There are many other factors to blame for fewer people having kids: housing affordability, unrealistic expectations promoted by online influencers, even the growing scarcity of entry-level jobs. But the most persuasive is phones, phones, phones.
LONDON, U.K.—Smart phones seem to be directly linked to a worldwide crash in the birth rate.
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