On the link between Covid, overparenting, social pressure, and the baby bust

A mom of five offers this take - which particularly resonates with me.

One of the great social science paradoxes of the last decade is that young adults are objectively doing better than they ever have - but subjectively are less happy.

What I mean is this: Teenagers are less likely to get pregnant later than they were a generation ago. They drink less. They smoke less. Until about 2020, they were using far fewer drugs and …