"Singapore's government is trying its hand at matchmaking again. The country's Government Technology Agency (GovTech) has launched FirstDate, a pilot dating service for singles aged 21 to 35."
It's no wonder we have a baby crises (not enough babies born to replace those retiring in terms of social security and the like, or for the matter sustain population levels).
If you convince young people not to reproduce and they manage to not reproduce before they hit 21 chances are your not going to be successful at convincing them to reproduce.
Your "First Date" solution needs to be focused on IDK actual youth in school. That's probably somewhere between the 5th-8th grades for US students which is probably in the 11-14 age bracket.
It's crazy to think that conservatives demonizing sex was so effective as to result in a baby crises 20-30 years later. Then again the aids crises probably didn't help any. A baby is one thing, but death.. eee that might be a stronger argument against it. The problem is the system over-sold the danger and created or contributed to a major modern crises.
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