The connection between falling fertility rates and postpartum support

Grabby headlines like TIME magazine’s August 2013 cover story on “The Childfree Life” sell at the newsstand. But selfishness, hedonism, and narcissism aren’t the only, or even the primary, reasons women are welcoming fewer children than their foremothers. Other top reasons include lack of a suitable partner and economic constraints, but what could we be missing when it comes to the connection between poor social support, postpartum mood disorders, and their effect on future childbearing?

Read more at The Federalist.