Dr. Sam Wilkinson

There's a national discussion going on about the value and the worth and so forth of having children. Fertility rates are falling among developed nations pretty much everywhere. As people recognize, look, it's really hard to raise children. But I would also...

There's a national discussion going on about the value and the worth and so forth of having children. Fertility rates are falling among developed nations pretty much everywhere. As people recognize, look, it's really hard to raise children. But I would also...

try to expand people's vision and recognize that, yes, it is hard, but that is precisely why it is meaningful and why you feel this deep sense of love. Those two are connected. And I think it goes back to the immaturity of our children when they are born. They really need us for such a long period of time. And so you can't really, as I see it,

try to expand people's vision and recognize that, yes, it is hard, but that is precisely why it is meaningful and why you feel this deep sense of love. Those two are connected. And I think it goes back to the immaturity of our children when they are born. They really need us for such a long period of time. And so you can't really, as I see it,

try to expand people's vision and recognize that, yes, it is hard, but that is precisely why it is meaningful and why you feel this deep sense of love. Those two are connected. And I think it goes back to the immaturity of our children when they are born. They really need us for such a long period of time. And so you can't really, as I see it,

You can't separate the deep sense of love and meaning and purpose that we experience as parents with the sacrifice that it requires. If you have a room full of a hundred parents, you ask them, what's the most challenging thing you've done? Most of them will say, raise my kids. If you ask the same parents, what's the most rewarding thing you've done? Most of them will say, raise my kids.

You can't separate the deep sense of love and meaning and purpose that we experience as parents with the sacrifice that it requires. If you have a room full of a hundred parents, you ask them, what's the most challenging thing you've done? Most of them will say, raise my kids. If you ask the same parents, what's the most rewarding thing you've done? Most of them will say, raise my kids.

You can't separate the deep sense of love and meaning and purpose that we experience as parents with the sacrifice that it requires. If you have a room full of a hundred parents, you ask them, what's the most challenging thing you've done? Most of them will say, raise my kids. If you ask the same parents, what's the most rewarding thing you've done? Most of them will say, raise my kids.

And I think those two are inextricably linked. It's almost the convergence of biology and psychology. You can't have this deep love without compelling sacrifice. And that's at least how I see it. And that's very interesting to me.

And I think those two are inextricably linked. It's almost the convergence of biology and psychology. You can't have this deep love without compelling sacrifice. And that's at least how I see it. And that's very interesting to me.

And I think those two are inextricably linked. It's almost the convergence of biology and psychology. You can't have this deep love without compelling sacrifice. And that's at least how I see it. And that's very interesting to me.

Yeah, I do. Look, the most biologically relevant relationships are those that nature has shaped among the family, right? I think the most primal, the fundamental relationship is between

Yeah, I do. Look, the most biologically relevant relationships are those that nature has shaped among the family, right? I think the most primal, the fundamental relationship is between

Yeah, I do. Look, the most biologically relevant relationships are those that nature has shaped among the family, right? I think the most primal, the fundamental relationship is between

mother and her child that's where you get this the strongest forms of love and affection and so forth you mentioned this is what you think evolution wants us to do is have these relationships certainly there's a drive to to reproduce and that's an important part of evolution again we are left with what i call competing natures or dual potential of human nature there's a part of this that leads us to family life

mother and her child that's where you get this the strongest forms of love and affection and so forth you mentioned this is what you think evolution wants us to do is have these relationships certainly there's a drive to to reproduce and that's an important part of evolution again we are left with what i call competing natures or dual potential of human nature there's a part of this that leads us to family life

mother and her child that's where you get this the strongest forms of love and affection and so forth you mentioned this is what you think evolution wants us to do is have these relationships certainly there's a drive to to reproduce and that's an important part of evolution again we are left with what i call competing natures or dual potential of human nature there's a part of this that leads us to family life

But there's another part of us that would direct us away from family life. And I think it's not necessarily popular among the academy, but I think we miss an opportunity if we talk about family without talking about the importance of marriage. And let me try to tie this back to biology a little bit. I mentioned this strong attachment between parents and their children.

But there's another part of us that would direct us away from family life. And I think it's not necessarily popular among the academy, but I think we miss an opportunity if we talk about family without talking about the importance of marriage. And let me try to tie this back to biology a little bit. I mentioned this strong attachment between parents and their children.

But there's another part of us that would direct us away from family life. And I think it's not necessarily popular among the academy, but I think we miss an opportunity if we talk about family without talking about the importance of marriage. And let me try to tie this back to biology a little bit. I mentioned this strong attachment between parents and their children.