Where have all the children gone?
In 2024, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recorded the lowest birth rate in American history: 1.6 children per woman. This is well below the replacement rate of 2.1 (that is the rate needed to maintain a stable population). Alarms have been going off, even among our political leaders, as this trend is leading us toward an economic and societal collapse in the not too distant future.