Do You Want Children?

There is much speculation about the relative importance of factors contributing to the fall in child conception since access to effective contraception became readily available. Considerable attention has been given to life course trends in society, financial and non-financial costs of having children, and beliefs, attitudes or values that may discourage childbearing. Researchers such as Jessie Bernard, J.E. Veevers and Ken Kiser have discovered plausible methods of fertility decision-making found among contemporary American couples. …

…I think that is a characteristic parents should have. Our plan is not going to happen exactly as we want it to because life is not a "bowl of cherries". We will make adjustments accordingly just as we have in the past. My hope is that we do not face anything that we cannot overcome together and remain a family. That is important to me and to my husband and that should account for something.