I think governments need to reframe their approach toward this. People who have decided to be carefree and childless just won’t budge, no matter how much money you throw at them. They may even feel insulted because now a price tag is attached to their decision to exercise free will.

Better to focus on couples who already have 1-2 children and make the leap into having 3-4 kids.

But as a father of two, I can tell you honestly that I am so done with parenting babies and toddlers. Such a pain. What will help me reconsider is government-launched facilities, in which I can dump my children for a weekend afternoon and have a few hours of respite. I can’t be the only parent who feels this way. The socioemotional costs of raising children hurting me more than money