Raquel and Jennifer discuss their decisions around motherhood and children. HINT: Raquel chose not to have children and Jennifer chose to have them. The common denominator? Choice.

https://www.vox.com/first-person/22370250/should-i-have-kids-a-baby-decide-start-family-parenthood-kids-childfree

https://www.cnn.com/2021/08/14/us/childfree-women-birth-rate-decline-trnd/index.html

https://cupofjo.com/2021/01/deciding-not-to-have-kids/

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/23/learning/do-you-want-to-have-children-someday.html

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/sep/04/what-i-tell-friends-torn-about-having-children

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