No, Global Warming Isn’t A Good Reason To Have No Children
The nature of the world is to be messed up. The question of whether to bring children into this messed up world is as old as the messed up world itself.
No, Christians Aren’t Idolizing Family. We’re Glamorizing The Perpetual Spring Break
Maybe marriage and childrearing are overemphasized in some communities. But that’s a rarity compared with our real idol: consumerist travel and lifestyle experiences, at the expense of love and self-sacrifice.
If You Want To Bless Your Child, Give Her More Siblings
If we view child-rearing as a zero-sum game instead of a growing basket of resources, is it any wonder that bitter criticism of big families is so prevalent in our culture?
France’s President Is Wrong About Africa. It Doesn’t Need Fewer Kids, But Better Institutions
It is a good thing for rational dialogue and eventual progress for leaders like Emmanuel Macron to accidentally tell the truth publicly, even if his unforced truth-telling was incomplete.
If You Have Lots Of Kids, Don’t Take People’s Curious Comments Too Seriously
When people ask me questions or make comments about my five kids, I understand why. Many are asking about a path not taken, or one that they are toying going down, but worry about the unknowns.
Donald Trump Is The Weirdest Quiverfull Father Ever
Chelsea has her work cut out for her. She’s just one-woman kid against the Trumpkids, which is hardly a fair fight in numerical terms.
Blake Lively Loves Babies So Much She Wants A House Full
Actress Blake Lively says she wants a ‘big family’ like hers and her husband’s. It’s a fabulous goal.
10 More Ridiculous Responses To My Latest Pregnancy
Thought you’d heard all the rude comments about pregnancy?
A Former Fecundophobe’s Reflections On Fatherhood
I used to dislike children. Now I’m a father, by choice. Here’s what fatherhood means to me.
How This Mother Of Seven Children Does It
Here’s my response to the ever-present implied rhetorical non-question about how to mother seven children.
What We Lose With Only Two Children Per Family
As family size shrinks, so does the private social safety net, and the opportunities for close, meaningful relationships.
Your Mother Is Destroying The Earth
Watch out for rude strangers who get really mad when they learn the size of your family. They might be mobilizing against your mother.
Children Are People, Too
Abortion pushes us to think of children as commodities. Whether their parents want them or not, children are inherently valuable.
It’s A Child, Not A Toaster
If you wait for the perfect time when you have ample amounts of cash and the perfect house, you’ll never have children.
Fecundophobia: The Growing Fear Of Children And Fertile Women
Denigrating mothers of multiple children as brainless and inferior isn’t just misogynistic. Our enthusiastic embrace of low fertility rates is becoming a problem.
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