Millennials aren’t having kids. Here are the reasons why.

So the decision to avoid having children may amount to a kind of performance anxiety in the face of intense expectations and weak governmental and social support, Guzzo said: “If I don’t do everything right, then my kid will end up living on my couch forever or be a serial killer. … I don’t know if or when I’ll have what it takes to be a ‘good’ parent.

“The stakes are so high. I don’t want to screw it up.”

Analysis by Andrew Van Dam