[tanh]

It's no wonder it's in decline.

We are considering having our second (we live in Japan) but the lack of daycare places is really hurting us. Even private daycares are fully subscribed. Moreover, if my wife gives birth, our child will have to come out of any public daycare she gets into.

Here we are, in our mid 30s, with a good household income and have ruled out a third already. We are not far from ruling out a second as well.