Hmm - why do you think that?
I say so based on attitudes of people I know toward parenting. It comes out especially thick when topics of 'poor parents with several kids' comes up.
You do have a point. I disagreed because I took your earlier post as saying that parenthood
*in general* was becoming less "favored" or "approved" of. IMO, there has always been a tendency among some people to look down upon the idea of poor people breeding. However, I do think that this disapproval has become more common (except possibly amongst the poor).
This reminds me of an article I once read about two differing viewpoints on family life. One pov was called "Children create families" while the other was "Families create children".
The former was common up until a few decades ago (and possible later) when sex ed and contraceptives (including bc pills) were less common and accessible. Kids being kids, they had sex and eventually, a pregnancy resulted. While some were able to get abortions, and some did put their kids up for adoption, many (if not most) resulted in the teens getting married. The mother invariably dropped out of school to have and then take care of the child, and usually the father did too, in order to support the new family. Basically, by forcing these kids to take on the burdens of adulthood and parenthood, the child made the family.
A more modern pov is that "families make children". In this version, kids go to school, graduate, begin careers and establish themselves as independent adults. It's only then that they get married and have children. IOW, families make children.
This latter version has become considered more acceptable as time goes on, and the former less acceptable. I think this contributes to the view that people who are not independent should not have children, and those that do otherwise are looked down upon. To the extent that this is true, I think you make a good point. However, I don't think that means that parenthood in general is looked down upon.
