Category: Marriage/Family

The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) issued a report that surveyed reproductive-age adults and recommended “reproductive autonomy” as a solution to global fertility rate decline, a solution that received pushback from pro-family experts.

My dad spent more than four decades with at-home kids, actively parenting even as some of his own children became parents themselves. It’s a kind of alternate reality compared to what’s typically marketed in pop culture as a good life for a man.

Fatherhood is not a casual role for the mildly interested; it is a God-ordained calling that secures the identity of a home and, by extension, the vitality of a republic.

Parenting is a job that can be loved deeply. I was never the kind of woman who was good with babies. Oh, I could admire them just fine. I just didn’t have the first clue about caring for them. When I was a new mom, my friend came over and tossed around my baby in total comfort. She held Ethan one way, then casually flipped him to rest on her forearm, then cradled him close and then held him out. She gave him back to me with a breezy smile, and I robotically put my hands under his armpits and pulled him cautiously toward me. To me, he seemed like a piece of china that might break. My friend treated him like a football.

In order for a couple to have a child without becoming poor or having to rely on government assistance, there is a path they can follow that greatly enhances their chances of achieving an independent, financially secure family life.