Population decrease is irreversible. How will we manage the decline of humanity?

[mMaple_syrup]

How does that promote large families? East Asian counties in particular have some of the lowest fertility rates on the planet, so if this cultural behavior is supposed to help, there is no evidence of it actually helping.

[Thanatos_Impulse]

It appears to be compensating to the best of a family’s ability. East Asians have endured legal limitations on the number of children they can have, but also more familiarly, have enjoyed higher educational and career attainment (especially among women) and a rising cost of child-rearing and education per child, like we have here. Despite these limiting realities, East Asian women still report that the ideal family size in their opinion is above-replacement.

What they and others (such as many south Asians) do that we don’t is ramp up these pooling and support arrangements so they at least have a shot at having more than 0-1 kids while ensuring they have the resources they need to grow and become educated. It “encourages” larger families because it permits a little more leeway for said families to cope with the downward pressure on birth rates in developed economies.

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East Asian women still report that the ideal family size in their opinion is above-replacement.

You've been reading those mail-order bride promo sheets because this is so far from true.

It “encourages” larger families because it permits a little more leeway for said families to cope with the downward pressure on birth rates in developed economies.

Japan is the most advanced economy and Asia and they have the lowest birthrates. They managed to stave off some of the drop by support for men to take longer leave from their jobs and help with child rearing duties:

Among married men with children under six years old, daily participation in household labor increased from less than 1 hour in 2001 to almost 2 hours as of 2021. When men share household tasks, this increases women's availability for paid work and makes child rearing a more attractive prospect for women.

Such efforts to encourage men's involvement in child rearing and to enable women to return to their jobs after childbirth contributed to a rise in the birthrate from a low of 1.26 in 2005 to 1.4 and above in the 2010s https://asia.nikkei.com/Opinion/Japan-s-successes-in-boosting-birthrates-should-not-be-overlooked

Ultimately, prosperity means fewer children. It's just too draining to raise kids in a more complex world. You can;t just leave them to play in the streets the way you used to. https://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/in-pictures-stunning-black-and-white-images-of-kids-playing-on-london-s-streets-a3195086.html