How to Have More Grandchildren
Get your grown children out of the house, then help them out! It's good for you, it's good for them, and it's good for easing or reversing the global population collapse.
NOTE: Daniel Hess’s work on the growing demographic implosion — and what to do about it — is excellent. Be sure to follow him on X. — RDM
by Daniel Hess with Paul Morland
March 22, 2025
When it comes to the effect of parents of grown children on fertility, there are two different factors at play. First, is independence. One of the worst possible factors for fertility is when adult children remain in the home of their parents. Across hundreds of surveys, the effect of grown children with their parents is overwhelmingly negative for fertility.
Second, most young families struggle immensely with affording a home and with childcare. Parents can support their children to buy a home, and they can support with childcare if they live nearby. But not in the same house!
For Fertility, Young People Must Leave the Nest
The Institute for Family Studies looked at how fertility is impacted by adult children living with their parents. The effect was overwhelmingly negative, across 271 national censuses gat…