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'What Are Children For?' explores ambivalence over whether or not to have kids

Host Scott Tong talks with the coauthors of the book “What Are Children For,” Anastasia Berg and Rachel Wiseman, about ambivalence about whether or not to have children and some of the factors that contribute to it — economic pressures, career conflicts, and how parenthood and motherhood are portrayed in pop culture and the media.

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