Who can afford to have a baby? Everything needed to care for one like formula, diapers, and clothing has shot up in price.
Not to mention, every so often one or more big brand formulas or baby food gets recalled due to lead contamination or something and who knows how long you’ve been feeding it to your child before the recall is announced.
There’s micro-plastics in mothers’ breast milk too. The babies can’t win.
Oh, and you want raise your family in a home of your own? Not likely. Even small rundown houses that need to basically be taken down to the studs and redone cost a king’s ransom.
If you find one hopefully you don’t get outbid by the venture capital backed companies offering over asking price. Maybe if you’re lucky, later on you can rent that same house from them for a monthly fee twice of what the mortgage payment would be.