It is quite interesting that in the seemingly most stressful and dangerous parts of the world the fertility rate is so much higher. Almost like the natural imperative to reproduce goes into hyperdrive.

Meanwhile where life is easy and convenience is everything, raising kids becomes a "hard" thing to do. Obviously there are tons of other factors like environmental toxicity, worldview (that theres no point since the world is ending or so terrible), and a general lack of long term 7th generational thinking

To go back to the original question of the post- most of the dogs I see in strollers are older ladies who's kids either grew up or they never had them