Screen time blamed for cross-cultural drop in birth rates

Whether it's dating apps, doom-scrolling, delayed rites of passage, lofty living expenses or straying from pro-family values, Americans are having fewer babies – and they're not the only ones falling victim to the trend.

Could phones be to blame? 

A recent Vox article proposed the idea in contrast with more politically-charged theories, like the one taking aim at "crazy cat ladies," commonly floating around. 

"In America, for example, over half of 18-to-34-year-olds are neither...