America celebrates mothers but does little to inspire young women to become mothers. The biggest news this Mother’s Day is how few new moms there are. The U.S. fertility rate hit another record low, according to CDC data released last month . There were 53.1 births per 1,000 women of childbearing age. That was a 1 percent drop from 2024 and a 23 percent decline since 2007. There is much debate about why this is happening, especially because it’s a worldwide phenomenon . While there are lots of factors at play, consider this question. What is the good life? For millennia, the answer of most women would have centered around or included being a mother. In the Bible, children are both an answer to prayer and a reward . Barrenness, however, was a source of deep distress and shame . This emphasis on motherhood isn’t unique to Christianity. Isis in Egyptian mythology and Aphrodite in Greek mythology are two of the many examples of ancient fertility goddesses .…