The Case for Having Kids *Before* You're Ready | The Deep
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🗓️ 7 August 2025
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The Deep with Erika Ahern is sponsored by Taylor Frigon Capital Management, serving clients at every stage of wealth: from first-time investors to high-net-worth families and organizations seeking full-service wealth guidance. Taylor Frigon provides institutional asset management solutions tailored to the needs of individuals, families and small businesses: https://cvote.it/taylorfrigon
Many couples have been scared by society into thinking they should put off having kids until all the perfect conditions are set in place. Turns out the idea of “ready” is a myth that doesn’t exist. In this episode of The Deep, Erika debunks three myths that keep couples from having kids and then makes the case for having children BEFORE you feel completely ready.
0:00 Parents Magazine daunting “readiness” checklist
2:12 Parenthood is not just an “opt-in” feature of marriage
2:53 Sponsor: Taylor Frigon Capital Management
4:24 3 Myths that keep couples from having kids
7:11 Here’s the truth: let go of “control”
8:06 Words of encouragement for pro-baby courage
9:48 Choose adventure, choose children!
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| 0:00.0 | In a recent Parents Magazine article on things to consider before having a baby, I saw this |
| 0:05.9 | exhausting list of must-haves that honestly would scare any sane person away from procreating. |
| 0:12.5 | Before you can make that baby, you must. |
| 0:14.9 | Research all available artificial technologies in case you can't do it the natural way. |
| 0:19.7 | Make sure you have at least $22,000 |
| 0:22.3 | in discretionary spending. Negotiate parental leave because of course you also have an established |
| 0:27.9 | job at which you've been working long enough to negotiate anything. Get those mental health checks |
| 0:33.7 | because if you're not crazy now, you be enroll in couples therapy an ounce of prevention |
| 0:38.7 | being worth a pound of cure write out self-care plans for each partner create a discipline plan for |
| 0:45.1 | the child who's not even conceived yet optimize your living space aka nursery decor interview daycares |
| 0:52.8 | and schools and maybe even reserve your potential |
| 0:55.6 | taught space. Research all available artificial birth control options for once the baby arrives, |
| 1:01.2 | so you can just go through it all again before even thinking about trying for a boy. |
| 1:05.7 | It's a wonder we have even a 1.2 birth rate per woman. The list goes on with helpful affiliate links so moms to be can start spending that $22,000 |
| 1:15.6 | ASAP. |
| 1:16.6 | And it reflects this larger sentiment that having kids is scary. |
| 1:21.6 | I'm not ready. |
| 1:22.6 | It's not natural. |
| 1:23.6 | We must find a way to get it under control. |
| 1:26.6 | We are so confused in the West about |
| 1:29.1 | sex, babies, men, and women that we come up with layers of lies and checklists, bucket |
| 1:35.3 | lists and laundry lists, and babies often end up at the bottom of all the lists. Today's narrative |
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