Opinion: Helping young couples with the challenging choice to start families
June 7, 2026
Adapted from a longer article recently published by the Institute for Family Studies, “Ready to Parent: Helping Couples Overcome the Fear of Parenthood.”
Several years ago, some good friends invited me over to their home one warm Sunday evening. We sat on the back porch with a lovely view of the nearby Wasatch Mountains. Their married eldest daughter joined us, and she mentioned she was struggling with the idea of bringing children into the world, even though she loved children and valued motherhood.
