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You are not talking about what I was talking about, my friend.
The problem you describe as "temporary" implies that once your children are grown, they don't have further children that will use more resources.
A worker in a growing population can somehow support 4 children and 2 parents (6 dependents) yet supporting only 2 parents and no children (2 dependents) is a problem?
So no, it's not "temporary". It's a pyramid that eventually grows such that the foundation must crumble from the weight of everyone above.