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The Fair Start model, made easy
The Atlantic has for some time published a thoughtful series of articles analyzing the reasons people decide to have children. It's unfair to generalize about…
Tell Trump and Congress to Dump Cash-for-Babies, and Give Us Better Family Planning
Trump and his supporters want taxpayers to pay women to have more kids because it will mean more consumers and demand for big business, cheaper labor in…
Take Action Now to Protect Your Future: #BetterFamilyPlanning
When you read stories about thousands of scientists urging us to take action now to mitigate disastrous climate change, it's hard to know exactly…
What Are the Consequences of the Baldwins’ Example?
Alec and Hilaria Baldwin have announced that their recent fourth child was the first one they had "planned." They have since been criticized for…
Family Planning: Time For a Better Ask?
Today’s paradigmatic demand for reproductive rights, including the rights to contraception and the safe termination of a pregnancy, goes something like this: Men and…
Guest Post: Parenting in the Anthropocene
by Emma Spett When I (a 23-year-old woman) was asked to write about my perspective on having children, two things were happening in my life:…
Only Child-First Advocacy Addresses the Root Issues
While some groups do amazing triage work on the inequalities in our society, only Having Kids is willing to address the root cause –…
A Millennial’s Take on Having Kids
If potential parents are not prepared – practically and emotionally – to support their children, regardless of who they end up being, and what…