Fair Start Movement

Category: Responsible Parenting & Smaller Families

  • To Have or Not to Have Kids: A Complex Decision

    To Have or Not to Have Kids: A Complex Decision

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    Latanya Mapp Frett’s article “The End of China’s One-Child Policy Isn’t Enough” leaves some unanswered questions. She argues that “[n]o government should interfere with the decisions women make about whether or when to have children.” Yet the UN projected that if world average fertility remained at 1995 levels (about three children per woman), the world population would soar to 256 billion by 2150. Does Frett mean that governments — who have the obligation to maximize our quality of life — would have to stand by and let that happen? What if they used non-coercive methods or urged smaller families? Frett argues that no government “should interfere with the deeply personal decisions women make about whether or when to have children—period.” But is the decision to have a child the same as the decision to not have a child? Doesn’t the former involve the interests of the child that will exist and the society that child will join? We have the opportunity to create a better future for every child by encouraging smaller families and stronger communities.

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  • Redefining Kinship With the Responsible Parenting Model

    Redefining Kinship With the Responsible Parenting Model

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    CNN recently cited the need to rethink parenthood, criticizing our cultural fixation on biological connection rather than true kinship and nurturing. The Responsible Parenting model is one way to start to break that fixation, as smaller families work together to invest more in all of their children.

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  • Look Who’s Adopting the Responsible Parenting Model

    Look Who’s Adopting the Responsible Parenting Model

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    My name is Sarah Johnson. I’m a Family Nurse Practitioner living in San Francisco. I’m adopting the Responsible Parenting model because I personally saw the impact having three children had on my family as a child. When I have my own family, I will have one or two children so that I can focus more time and attention them, and have enough left over to help other families plan for their first or second child. I’ll have the energy and resources to thoughtfully engage with my community on the issues that matter to me and my family.

    Thanks for listening.

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  • What if you could help children and parents, protect the environment, and let people be more free and equal, all at the same time?

    What if you could help children and parents, protect the environment, and let people be more free and equal, all at the same time?

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    You can.

    It’s called the Responsible Parenting model, and it’s simple: Smaller families work together to invest more in each child.

    For example, parents can use part of the resources they would have spent having a third child to instead connect with and help other parents plan for and invest in a collegiate scholarship trust for their first or second child.

    When smaller families connect using the Responsible Parenting model it makes everyone more free. The model frees children by giving them a better start and more opportunities in life, frees parents by giving them more time off while also protecting their children’s future, and frees all of us by building smaller, sustainable, and more connected communities where each person has more of a say in their governments and their lives.

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