@juliette I would guess any parent should be able to spot these issues, but still people ask questions about a falling birth rate. Between a housing shortage, cost of living crisis, society being focused on individuality and valuing 'economic participation' (having full time jobs as parents) over societal participation and parenthood, plus these issues of accessible facilities ... All I can think of is that parenthood is now for the well-off. If you're rich enough you can afford your child to have a safe garden to play in*. If you're rich enough, you can afford (a nanny) to drive your child to the facilities they need to access, or you can afford to go to a cafe as someone else looks after your child. Falling birth rates are as much about inequality and circumstance, probably more so, than about personal choice.