I notice one thing:

Of course, the French have all kinds of public services that help to make having kids more appealing and less stressful. Parents don’t have to pay for preschool, worry about health insurance or save for college. Many get monthly cash allotments—wired directly into their bank accounts—just for having kids.

Why we have no demographic problems that necessitate the paying to be parents, to make things better in American Society, we should have the other things reformed. Scandinavia pays for them as well.