S2E6 - Ready. Set. Parenthood.

The one about the reality of raising kids.

First off, there is a lot of research out there that shows most parents learn parenting practices from their own parents - some they accept and some they discard.

Another popular view that gets thrown around a lot is that it takes a village to raise a child. That said, it looks like millennial parents are raising their kids differently than any generation before them.

With the internet, parents now seem to know more about child development than ever before. The bad news though, it can be overwhelming and sometimes disempowering. 

Sometimes the truth behind all the cute kid posts on social media is that parents are agonising about daily decisions, keeping up appearances and struggling with their new identities.

So on this episode, we caught up with an old-time friend, Afolake, to explore a bit about how we were raised as kids and how we think that will translate to our prospective/current approach to parenthood.

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Timestamps

• [06:58] - Expectations about parenthood
• [10:34] - Parenting methods
• [27:55] - Fears about raising kids
• [46:55] - "Half-time"
• [47:27] - When's the best time to have kids?
• [57:21] - Surrogacy
• [59:41] - Adoption
• [1:00:05] - Househubands and Housewives
• [1:03:57] - Vasectomies and Tubal Ligations