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No stupid questions today on the show.
How do you decide whether or not to have children?
How many kids?
One.
2315 25.
How about zero?
Steven, I'm going to read you an email from a listener whose first name is Ian.
Are you ready for it?
I am.
And hello, Ian.
Ian writes, before we married, my wife and I easily decided we want to have kids, whether by birth or adoption.