While politicians and pundits blame the economy for America's cratering birth rates, a damning new analysis from The Federalist exposes the real culprit: we've raised an entire generation of Americans to be safe rather than strong - and now they're too terrified to become parents themselves.
The numbers don't lie, Patriots. Gen Z is having fewer children than any generation in American history, and it's not because they can't afford diapers. It's because decades of helicopter parenting, participation trophies, and "safetyism" have created a cohort of young adults who view children as existential threats rather than blessings.
Think about it - this is the generation that needed trigger warnings for Shakespeare, safe spaces for different opinions, and therapy dogs during finals week. Is it any wonder they're petrified at the thought of being responsible for another human being?
The Safetyism Epidemic
For over two decades, American parents - largely influenced by liberal education policies and progressive parenting "experts" - have prioritized keeping kids safe over making them resilient. No playground equipment that's too challenging. No games with winners and losers. No hurt feelings allowed.
The result? Young adults who've never learned to handle genuine responsibility, overcome real adversity, or push through discomfort. When faced with the ultimate challenge of raising children, they simply opt out.
"We've created a generation that sees danger everywhere and competence nowhere - especially in themselves," one family counselor noted.
Meanwhile, President Trump's America First agenda is working to restore the economic conditions that make family formation possible. But all the good-paying jobs and affordable housing in the world won't matter if an entire generation has been psychologically conditioned to avoid the beautiful challenge of parenthood.
This isn't just about personal choices, folks - it's about America's future. A nation that stops reproducing is a nation that stops believing in tomorrow. While Trump fights to secure our borders and rebuild our economy, we must also reckon with the cultural damage done by decades of progressive child-rearing philosophy.
The question every American parent should be asking: Are we raising our kids to be safe, or are we raising them to be strong enough to build the next generation?