Bingo. Children are a product of their environment, not their parents. You might not be able to improve their parents, but improving their environment isn't an impossiblity. You want better practices in education, not a selective breeding program.
A media empire that in a major part relies on chidrens purchases other than the adult fan... Hmm nope, Bandai/Namco isn't acting selfless at all with its pursuit of the "family" bonus. So what if their population is declining? Seriously, to reach a balance at some point there will be a decline until the birth and death…
Oh wow hello wild conclusions where did you jump to? A HUGE part of a child's environment is the home and stability the parents provide. How well a child does in school and in life, directly correlates to how involved the parents are in that child's life. The tactics they use to the scare the kids that aren't going to…
More education, specifically sex education leads to more sex with less babies being born. More youth culture worship leads to people not wanting to saddle themselves with kids until they "grow up" and with everyone suffering from a "I'm going to be young forever, you can't tie me down" attitude (Peter Pan syndrome) they…
Ha, no. But environment is a big factor. Intelligent people tend to raise intelligent kids. Which comes more from the way they where raised, the way they interact with the world and how they see things as well as how well they can articulate themselves. They tend to interact with their kids instead of ignore them.…
We are actually on the same page here. With education comes an understanding of equality, women's rights and birth control. No means no is taught in sex ed, not math. I completely agree. Peter Pan syndrome + the abstinence only push removing birth control from a lot of peoples hands = a lot of unsupported kids and a raise…