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Raquel Dancho: Motherhood deserves a place of equal honour

My daughter should have the freedom to choose children first

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Recently in the Post, Kate Marland wrote on the corrosive effects of a culture that diminishes the importance of motherhood. That article was a meaningful contribution to our discourse — a starting pistol for a long-overdue discussion.  

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The decline of family formation is one of the defining social issues of our time, and yet it’s rarely discussed. However, while the piece is right that for a generation of millennial and Gen Z women, having children has too often been treated as something that competes with freedom, ambition, and personal fulfillment rather than being a meaningful part of life — I’d put the roots of this problem a little differently. It’s less about Carrie Bradshaw or Hannah Horvath, and more about a generational pendulum swing.  

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