Demographic change is neither a crisis nor a destiny, but a governance challenge. Europe’s capacity to adapt depends on its willingness to invest in the social institutions that generate cohesion, trust, and human capital.
Families are at the heart of this endeavour. They connect generations, anchor communities, integrate newcomers, and sustain care systems. Family-friendly policies are therefore not peripheral social measures, but strategic investments in Europe’s resilience, fairness, and shared prosperity.
Embedding a family perspective into European policymaking is essential to ensure that demographic transformation strengthens—rather than erodes—social cohesion in the 21st century.
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Here in America, many people are becoming “dog parents” instead of the parents of human children. Granted, dogs are easier to “raise” but I wonder how these people will feel when they are 75 or 80 and have no human grandchildren. Of course, most persons in their 20’s or 30’s assume they will never grow old. That’s what I thought too, some forty or so years ago.