Childless vs parents split

A cultural and demographic cleavage is forming between people who opt for childlessness (often embracing tech, life‑extension, and hedonic lifestyles) and those who prioritize biological parenthood and traditional intergenerational investment. This split is gendered and cohorted: Millennial men show unusually low fatherhood rates, while Zoomer men and women express diverging desires about kids. — If sustained, this cleavage could reshape voting blocs, family policy demand, labor markets, and long‑run population dynamics.