> [!cite] > Rindfuss, Ronald R. and Karin L. Brewster. ‘Childrearing and Fertility’. *Population and Development Review*, vol. 22, Supplement: Fertility in the United States: New Patterns, New Theories (1996), pp. 258–289. https://www.jstor.org/stable/2808014. --- ‘*Childrearing* is the process of caring for and raising a child from infancy to such time as the child is considered an adult.’ [[Rindfuss and Brewster, ‘Childrearing and Fertility’, 1996|(Rindfuss and Brewster 1996, 259)]] ^7bda25 ‘Childrearing is often referred to as the “mother role” because, historically, the biological mother has usually assumed responsibility for the emotional and physical work involved in raising children.’ [[Rindfuss and Brewster, ‘Childrearing and Fertility’, 1996|(Rindfuss and Brewster 1996, 259)]] ^61e745 ‘\[…] insofar as women’s participation in the paid labor force acts to constrain fertility, any easing of the conflict between work responsibilities and childrearing will lead to an increase in fertility, other things being equal. Assuming potential parents are motivated to have children, there is no need for the combining of the work and mother roles to be “easy” before there is an effect on fertility; it is only necessary for the combination to be *easier*.’ [[Rindfuss and Brewster, ‘Childrearing and Fertility’, 1996|(Rindfuss and Brewster 1996. 282)]] ^17d55f ‘Norms and values form a major component of the childrearing context facing prospective parents. Exactly who is responsible for children and what are deemed to be appropriate childrearing practices vary across societies and within societies. These variations reflect prevailing social structure, economic, and technological conditions (e.g., modes of production, community size, kinship structures). Changes to these conditions may necessitate changes in childrearing practices, and these changes in turn are typically reified in religious teachings and “expert” opinion.’ [[Rindfuss and Brewster, ‘Childrearing and Fertility’, 1996|(Rindfuss and Brewster 1996, 276)]] ^c2b51b ‘The inverse association between fertility and female labor force participation has long been recognized (e.g., Blake, 1965; Myrdal, 1941; Sweet, 1973) \[…]’ [[Rindfuss and Brewster, ‘Childrearing and Fertility’, 1996|(Rindfuss and Brewster 1996, 258)]] ^d05008