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More and more Gen Z women say they don’t want kids. As a young mom, here’s what they get wrong

Every challenge I’ve had raising and nurturing this little life ends up yielding far more joy than it steals

By Kaylee McGhee White Fox News

Published March 30, 2026 5:00am EDT

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We were in the Tiffany & Co. flagship in Manhattan, enjoying brunch, when I heard (and felt) it. My five-month-old had just blown through his diaper, which promptly began emptying itself onto Tiffany’s marble floors. There was only one bathroom, and it was all the way across the store. How was I going to get him there without making an even bigger mess? I don’t know. I think I blacked out.

Traumatized as I was at the time, the infamous "Blowout at Tiffany’s" is now one of my favorite memories and stories, in part because it sums up my experience as a young mom so far: every challenge I’ve had raising and nurturing this little life ends up yielding far more joy than it steals—many times over.

That’s something I wish more young women my age knew about motherhood.

As it stands, young women in my generation, Gen Z, are the least likely group in the U.S. to say they desire marriage and children, according........

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