inb4 the influx of "not all parents are irresponsible/iT's JuSt ThE PoOrS" comments from the parents who will inevitably find this and feel compelled to preach -- we know. I'm sure you specifically are gold star parents who extensively thought about how you would give your kids good and stable lives before you had them. But there are millions of others who didn't and whose kids are growing up into terribly damaged and traumatized adults who may well perpetuate the cycle of generational trauma.
The trend isn't simply having children.
The trend is putting absolutely no forethought into having children, and doing so to get attention and validation from strangers on the internet.
That's what makes it a trend, a trend being something common/popular on the net, on social media.
The concept here is that the narcissism amplifier that is social media promotes more people having kids simply so they can get views and the second hand admiration of strangers... which then produces traumatized children who will learn and internalize the narcissistic abuse patterns of their parents as normal.
Every generation in human history has not had to deal with the proliferation of black mirrors, and hyperoverstimulation and mass parasocialization.