CHANGE: What will sex education sound like when the government sees a need to encourage young women to get pregnant? From the comments:

I think most people would rather be parents than not be parents. In a totally freely chosen scenario, birth control would be used to prevent births before the parents are ready and after the parents have enough children (2 or 3 most of the time).

In the developed world, childraising is hard, it’s expensive, and it is severely over-regulated by government and overly constrained by societal expectations.

If we want more children, we have to foster a society where there is less second-guessing of parental choices and an economy where the average couple can have one parent stay home if they want and have an affordable support system if they both want to work.

Yes, I’ve written on this problem before.