Pronatalism is the nearly universal cultural belief that couples should reproduce. People with this mindset also often have preconceived ideas about people that do not have children. This cultural mindset is what leads people to begin asking a newly married couple when they are going to have children. Having children is something that is expected of a couple, it was and to some degree, still is the norm. But, times are changing and some couples are choosing not to have children or to at least delay the age at which they have children. This decision seems very strange to people that are pronatalists, who are often older adults, men, and people that are not very well educated. Functionalists would most likely support pronatalism. They believe