Amanda Jean Stevenson: I strongly support this call for journalists covering these folks to push back against the unsupported “data driven” claims these sort of folks make. Also TW: violence against a small child.

I strongly support this call for journalists covering these folks to push back against the unsupported “data driven” claims these sort of folks make. Also TW: violence against a small child.

Once again begging journalists to talk to demographers when writing articles about demography. This piece repeatedly states that pronatalists are ‘data-driven’, yet allows their statement that low fertility will result in ‘countries of old people starving to death’ to pass by unchallenged

America’s premier pronatalists on having ‘tons of kids’ to save the world: ‘There are going to be countries of old people starving to death’www.theguardian.com Elon Musk (father of 11) supports their cause. Thousands follow their ideology. Malcolm and Simone Collins are on a mission to make it easier for everyone to have multiple children. But are they reall...

Holy sh*t. These people are totally crazy, and reading this makes it crystal clear that should be no one’s role models. I’m absolutely aghast at basically everything I read.

Seriously, what I read will be haunting me for a while.

Honestly 💔

I tweeted about this, and the Collins have responded. I am missing the nuances of their parenting style, apparently.

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