Nomad + Spice
Nomad + Spice
Kit Whelan + Viv Egan
How To Decide If We Want Kids
1 hour Posted Dec 23, 2019 at 5:12 am.
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Show notes
  • Our first-ever Reading Retreat is SOLD OUT! 
  • Lupita Nyong’o’s perfect holiday is the same as ours 
  • Listen to our two-part episode on how to raise kids as a nomad: Part 1 & Part 2
  • The best advice for deciding if you want kids: “You’re going to regret it either way some of the time, you just have to figure out which way you’ll regret less.”
  • Why Have Kids by Jessica Valenti is a good book to read if you’re on the fence
  • Audrey tells us how she feels very conflicted about having kids 
  • Emily lived with her niece for a year and learned it was a lot of effort to have a kid
  • “Don’t ask yourself if you want to have babies, ask yourself if you want offspring. Do you want adult kids?” - advice from Viv’s wise friend
  • Esther talks about how it’s more challenging as a lesbian and how it’s hard to leave a partner’s child behind after a breakup
  • 1 in 4 pregnancies end in miscarriage so don’t ever ask someone if they’re going to have a baby
  • Anna talks to us about how her life changed because of her partner’s job, NOT because of her baby 
  • Sarah talks about how meeting nomad parents have helped her realize that she can have a kid and keep her lifestyle

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