The Western Baby Bust: Who Will the Leaders Lead?
by Eric Metaxas, Christian Post:
European leaders are begging their fellow citizens to have children. But it seems like a “Do as we say, not as we do,” kind of message.
A recurring topic here at BreakPoint is the demographic challenge — “crisis” isn’t too strong a word — facing the industrialized world. From Tokyo to London, people are having fewer and fewer children: In some cases, they’re having barely half as many kids as are needed to maintain a stable population without relying on mass immigration.
This “birth dearth,” as it’s called, poses economic and social challenges to much of Europe, as well as Japan, South Korea, and even China.
The impact of this “birth dearth” is not lost on European leaders and their counterparts in Asia. They’ve gone to extreme, and even comical lengths, to reverse the trend. Last year, we told you about the Danish government’s “Do it for Denmark” ad campaign. Russia offered women who had a second child not only money but also “cars, refrigerators, and other prizes.”
Singapore even went so far as to establish a government-run dating service in a bid to increase one of the lowest fertility rates in the developed world.
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