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How to handle family pressure about having children

My mother keeps asking when we're going to give her grandchildren and my partner thinks we should just ignore it but it's making family gatherings really tense for me. We haven't even decided if we want kids yet and I feel like we're being pressured into a timeline that isn't ours.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

External expectations are infiltrating a private decision-making process, and the couple hasn't aligned on how to protect their space to choose.

Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with The decision to become a parent?”

If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.