Talk Space / Dr. Paul Turek

Asking “Are You Having Kids?” Can Damage a Person’s Mental Health, Here’s Why…

May 21, 2018

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Ever been on the receiving end of the following conversations?

It’s Mother’s Day brunch, Thanksgiving, or the Fourth of July picnic, and a well-meaning person sidles up to ask, “When are you having kids?”

Or worse yet, you’re at a networking event and an acquaintance asks the same. As if inquiring about personal reproductive issues is appropriate small talk, let alone in a professional environment where choices about children are complicated (for women especially).

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