In the article “Don’t Expect a Quarantine Baby Boom,” the author claims that the pandemic of coronavirus would not be the reason for the increase of the birth rate. Yuhas maintains that the situation would be the opposite: there would be fewer children in the nearest future. To illustrate this point, the author gives an example of the last Baby Boom in the USA, which was between 1946 and 1964. He points out that during those years, the financial situation was stable, and the level of income of many people was enough to bring more than one child. However, in the framework of the current situation, when millions of American citizens lost their jobs, he puts forward the idea that the birth rate would decline.
The author proposes several arguments that support his point of view. Firstly, he mentions the statistic research, which proves that people who are trying to survive in crisis do not want to make babies. Secondly, Yuhas suggests that the consequences of the pandemic would be harmful to people. They would need time for recovery and finding a new way to have a stable income. Having children would be even more expensive after the crisis.
The article demonstrates the perception of the modern situation by ordinary people. It expresses the concept of constructing reality by the citizens of the USA (Introduction to Sociology 85). They suppose that if people have to stay at home for some reason, there would be an increase in the birth rate in nine months. The statistic shows that the real state of affairs is the opposite. This article is significant as it is an illustration of the practical implementation of sociology in order to find the truth.
Works Cited
Introduction to Sociology. OpenStax, 2015.
Yuhas, Alan. “Don’t Expect a Quarantine Baby Boom.” The New York Times, 2020, Web.