Why Have More Kids?
<p>Why do some women choose to have <a href="https://www.dailysignal.com/2015/09/10/study-finds-happiest-parents-have-four-or-more-kids/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">large families</a>?</p><br><p>As the American birth rate <a href="https://www.dailysignal.com/2023/09/07/why-americas-birth-rate-decline/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">declines</a>, academic Catherine Ruth Pakaluk decided to look at the 5% of American women who are outliers, and who have five or more children. With a colleague, she interviewed 55 of those women, and shares their reasons and experiences in her new book, "<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Hannahs-Children-Quietly-Defying-Dearth/dp/1684514576" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Hannah's Children: The Women Quietly Defying the Birth Dearth</a>."</p><br><p>These women share openly about how having a large family has affected their careers, their identities, and their <a href="https://www.dailysignal.com/tag/marriage-family/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">marriages</a>. Listen to the full interview on "The Daily Signal Podcast."</p><br><p>Enjoy the show!</p><br /><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>
Audio is streamed directly from the publisher (traffic.megaphone.fm) as published in their RSS feed. Play Podcasts does not host this file. Rights-holders can request removal through the copyright & takedown page.
Show Notes
Why do some women choose to have large families?
As the American birth rate declines, academic Catherine Ruth Pakaluk decided to look at the 5% of American women who are outliers, and who have five or more children. With a colleague, she interviewed 55 of those women, and shares their reasons and experiences in her new book, "Hannah's Children: The Women Quietly Defying the Birth Dearth."
These women share openly about how having a large family has affected their careers, their identities, and their marriages. Listen to the full interview on "The Daily Signal Podcast."
Enjoy the show!
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices