What happens when we stop having kids?

A lot of the people who have risen to positions of authority over the last couple of decades have tried to make people believe that having children is selfish or irresponsible. 

They say we’re running out of resources, the planet is overburdened, and the last thing we need is more human beings.

But the data tells a different story.A new study highlights what many countries are already experiencing: collapsing birth rates are leading to serious economic and social problems. In simple terms, once prosperous nations are rapidly running out of workers, innovators, and caregivers to support aging populations.

Japan and much of Europe are already feeling the consequences. 

Fewer young people mean stagnating economies, rising government debt, and collapsing welfare systems that were designed to have many workers supporting each retiree.

That isn’t happening.

And it’s not just an economic issue—it’s a cultural issue too. 

Countries that fail to replace their populations become weaker. They lose their sense of purpose. They decline.

Last week, Vice President Vance said, “I want more babies in the United States of America.”

Same, JD, same.

Because here’s the thing the anti-natalists don’t want you to know: more people doesn’t mean more problems; it means more solutions.

Every major advancement that has improved life on this planet has come from human innovation. The real crisis isn’t that we have too many people; it’s that we have too few. 

And worse, the children that we do have are being raised to believe that the world is a bleak and dismal place and that there’s nothing they can do to make a difference.

They’re told from the time they are five years old that they need permission from someone in authority to solve any and all problems. 

They’re told that being “good” means they should sit down and shut up while the so-called experts make decisions for them.

That’s exactly the opposite of what we teach at The Tuttle Twins.

Our books and resources show kids that the world isn’t something they just inherit—it’s something they shape. We teach them about entrepreneurship, innovation, and the power of big ideas.

And we teach them that family matters.

Because the best way to build a thriving, successful world isn’t by limiting the number of people in it—it’s by raising smart, capable, free-thinking people who create solutions instead of waiting for someone else to fix things.

That kind of future starts with parents like you and me. It’s the whole reason we created the Tuttle Twins books and curriculum to begin with. 

I’ve spent the last decade of my life working to give families the tools they need to raise the people who will create a world I want to live in—one where the rising generation will think critically, challenge bad ideas, and shape things for the better.

A world without children is quite literally a world without a future. 

And I’m not willing to settle for that.

—Connor