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Why Do People Keep Having Children? (Rebroadcast)

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4.632K Ratings

🗓️ 26 November 2015

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

Even a brutal natural disaster doesn't diminish our appetite for procreating. This surely means we're heading toward massive overpopulation, right? Probably not.

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0:00.0

Hey podcast listeners, a question for you today.

0:06.5

Why do people keep having children?

0:09.1

Is it because we like the idea of building a family?

0:12.8

Is it essentially a vote in favor of the future of civilization?

0:17.5

Maybe it's an altruistic impulse to give someone else a shot at living in this wonderful

0:22.6

or perhaps not so wonderful world.

0:25.8

Is it strictly a biological imperative or even further down the ladder?

0:30.3

Is a baby nothing more than a very substantial byproduct of the sexual urge?

0:36.7

It's a hard question to answer and the answer surely varies a lot from parent to parent.

0:42.9

As for me personally, the answer is pretty easy.

0:46.2

I had kids just so I'd have material for this podcast.

0:50.7

Some would up there.

0:51.7

Hello, I'm Agnya.

0:53.3

I'm a professional sports writer and I'm 13 years old.

0:56.2

You found me on the street.

0:57.6

Okay, very good.

0:58.9

So you are my children.

1:00.0

It's kind of like an unwritten rule.

1:01.4

There's so many different variables I just can't answer.

1:04.0

Bootball or football?

1:05.0

What soccer?

1:06.0

It just depends on so many things.

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