An important lesson from this is that child poverty could be significantly reduced by simply delaying childbirth. Now Elizabeth argues in her piece that ”to abstain from relationships, sex, and childbirth until financially secure enough to raise a child without assistance would mean, for many, a life of celibacy”. But as French et al suggest, delaying childbirth from the late teens to the late 20s can have a significant impact on poverty. That’s not a lifetime of anything, just a decade. Even five years would have a significant impact.