If you’re a frequent user of social media platforms such as X (formerly Twitter), Instagram, and especially TikTok, you may have recently stumbled across videos or posts featuring a younger couple extolling the supposed virtues of remaining childless, including extra free time, more money, and lower stress levels.
The men and women in these videos invariably gush about how much better their lives are without children, and many pointedly replace a would-be child with a dog or cat, professing that they are much easier and more enjoyable than a child. These videos often depict relatively normal, day-to-day activities like making breakfast or taking a trip to the grocery store as well as extravagant shopping sprees and exotic vacations.
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