How To Decide If We Want Kids

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  • Lupita Nyong’o’s perfect holiday is the same as ours 

  • Listen to our two-part episode on how to raise kids as a nomad: Part 1 & Part 2

  • The best advice for deciding if you want kids: “You’re going to regret it either way some of the time, you just have to figure out which way you’ll regret less.”

  • Why Have Kids by Jessica Valenti is a good book to read if you’re on the fence

  • Audrey tells us how she feels very conflicted about having kids 

  • Emily lived with her niece for a year and learned it was a lot of effort to have a kid

  • “Don’t ask yourself if you want to have babies, ask yourself if you want offspring. Do you want adult kids?” - advice from Viv’s wise friend

  • Esther talks about how it’s more challenging as a lesbian and how it’s hard to leave a partner’s child behind after a breakup

  • 1 in 4 pregnancies end in miscarriage so don’t ever ask someone if they’re going to have a baby

  • Anna talks to us about how her life changed because of her partner’s job, NOT because of her baby 

  • Sarah talks about how meeting nomad parents have helped her realize that she can have a kid and keep her lifestyle

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