Why Smart Women Still Choose Motherhood (And Why So Many Kids?) | Dr. Catherine Pakaluk
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Show Notes
Why are highly educated, ambitious women choosing large families in an age of falling birthrates, frozen eggs, and fertility tech? In this episode, Dr. Catherine Pakaluk joins Brave New Us to unpack her groundbreaking book Hannah’s Children: The Women Who Defied the Birth Dearth.
We explore:
What drives women to embrace motherhood as a vocation—not a fallback
How the fertility crisis and biotech age shape our cultural assumptions about children, work, and worth
Why choosing family is the most radical—and future-focused—choice a woman can make today
About the guest:
Dr. Catherine Pakaluk is a professor of social research and economic thought at the Catholic University of America and a mother of eight.
Mentioned in the Episode
A Catholic Guide to Infertility with John DiCamillo
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