The data shows that Americans are having fewer kids than in the past. Steve Harvey and the crew give their ideas why they think that's happening.
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All right.
Speaker 2 (00:00):
It seems more and more people are making the decision
not to have kids these days. According to a recent
study by Michigan State University, the percentage of adults who
don't want kids today has nearly doubled. It was fourteen
percent back in two thousand and two. Now it's twenty
nine percent. That's the latest from twenty twenty three statistics.
Speaker 3 (00:20):
Which was in the nineties. The trend is still growing.
Speaker 2 (00:25):
The research didn't pinpoint the exact reasons why Americans are
opting out of parenthood, but they're they're saying things like,
you know, the state of the world right now, economic worries,
the allure of having more freedom. You know, they don't
have to worry about their children, your parent see, yes,
I say it, all.
Speaker 3 (00:43):
Those things, I say it all. Yeah, the reason. Yes,
but we didn't have planned parenthood, Yes we did, we did.
Speaker 2 (00:55):
We did. What do you guys love about being parents
and grandparents? In your case, Junior and Steve and.
Speaker 4 (01:02):
Well, this ain't a good. That ain't a good saying well,
it ain't the story about we don't want the kids.
Speaker 3 (01:07):
Now you want?
Speaker 5 (01:10):
You got to convince them, Yeah, convince the people that
don't want them that they want.
Speaker 4 (01:15):
Well, I think we should start with Junior because Junior
is the newest grandfather.
Speaker 3 (01:19):
Oh, well, the pictures. I love seeing the pictures.
Speaker 6 (01:23):
Yeah, Tommy is Yeah.
Speaker 1 (01:29):
Yeah, that would be Papa t You're gonna get that
straight right, all right, Papa Tea.
Speaker 2 (01:37):
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Kier "Junior" Spates
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