My Japanese friend was telling me she mentioned at a family get together possibly getting an epidural if her doctor offered it, and all the men started telling her that missing out on the pain would prevent her from bonding with the baby.
They are going to need more people trained to do it properly quickly … It’s so uncommon here. J women are tough as nails.
While funded epidurals is of course a great thing, I would say the absolutely crushing work culture and looming economic collapse is probably stopping people from having kids more.
This is like slapping a band-aid on a gunshot wound.
If Japan really wants to boost birth rates they need to fundamentally change their work culture so that young people are not literally stuck at the office from 8:00 AM to 10:00 PM every single day.
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My Japanese friend was telling me she mentioned at a family get together possibly getting an epidural if her doctor offered it, and all the men started telling her that missing out on the pain would prevent her from bonding with the baby.
They are going to need more people trained to do it properly quickly … It’s so uncommon here. J women are tough as nails.
While funded epidurals is of course a great thing, I would say the absolutely crushing work culture and looming economic collapse is probably stopping people from having kids more.
This is like slapping a band-aid on a gunshot wound.
If Japan really wants to boost birth rates they need to fundamentally change their work culture so that young people are not literally stuck at the office from 8:00 AM to 10:00 PM every single day.