I think there’s a pretty strong evidence that loving your pet too much will distract you a lot from having children.
Maybe? That article only seemed to say that many people own pets and don’t have children, but that doesn’t show that those people would have children if they couldn’t have a pet. After all, there are also many people who have neither children nor pets.
I’ve linked the first article I found after a 3-seconds search, since I assume basically everyone to already have a lot of anecdotal evidence about people spending insane amounts of time taking care of the pet (usually a dog). For example, in recent years I’ve already seen several times people walking their dog in a stroller, in such a way that from a distance you’d probably assume there’s a human baby inside. If that doesn’t scream “I’m using a dog as a substitute for a child”, I don’t know what does.
For example, in recent years I’ve already seen several times people walking their dog in a stroller, in such a way that from a distance you’d probably assume there’s a human baby inside.
I guess this is partly a cultural thing, I don’t recall ever witnessing that in Finland.
Maybe? That article only seemed to say that many people own pets and don’t have children, but that doesn’t show that those people would have children if they couldn’t have a pet. After all, there are also many people who have neither children nor pets.
I’ve linked the first article I found after a 3-seconds search, since I assume basically everyone to already have a lot of anecdotal evidence about people spending insane amounts of time taking care of the pet (usually a dog). For example, in recent years I’ve already seen several times people walking their dog in a stroller, in such a way that from a distance you’d probably assume there’s a human baby inside. If that doesn’t scream “I’m using a dog as a substitute for a child”, I don’t know what does.
I guess this is partly a cultural thing, I don’t recall ever witnessing that in Finland.