When Did it Flip?

Too many people now seem to think that having babies is a bad thing. What I want to know is when did it flip? In most cultures a large family was a sign of great abundance. In other cultures, a big family was a sign of a large farm that needed many hands to do make the work go faster.

But in our culture, a big family seems to be a sign of lack of education. That is so not true, yet the rumor persists. The biggest turn I see was the roaring '20's. This was a much looser era that was followed by the Great Depression. That is when contraception started becoming mainstream. Funny, our culture thinks our quality of life has improved since the wide use of contraception. Yet families spend less and less time together.

So it seems that there are smaller families, and they are spending less time together. That doesn't appear to be a better quality of life. It just seems like they have fewer people to love.