🎧 Is Parenthood Becoming a Luxury? - Money, Freedom & Choice
Details
🎧 We're getting together to talk about The Gray Area with Sean Illing: Is starting a family becoming impossible?
Calling parenthood a private choice leaves a lot outside the frame: housing, paid work, time and care. Sharing those costs could give people more freedom, but it also raises questions about what strangers, employers and governments owe one another. Meanwhile, making parenthood possible is different from treating it as a duty. A society can value families without assuming everyone should start one.
The plan
Please listen to Is starting a family becoming impossible? beforehand: Apple Podcasts.
September 14, 2026 · 58 minutes · Guest-hosted by Christine Emba.
- What would make parenthood a real choice across different incomes?
- How should the costs of care be shared among parents, employers and the public?
- Where does support for families become pressure to follow one version of a good life?
When and where
🗓️ Date: Sunday, November 15, 2026
🕒 Time: 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM, Vancouver local time
📍 Location: UBC Learning Exchange, 612 Main St, Vancouver, BC V6A 2V3
We will meet at the main entrance.
Arrive at 1:50 PM; doors close at 2:10 PM.
Free. Cap: 40.
Hosted by Reza for Vancouver Curiosity Club.
This is an alternate listing for the same November 15 discussion. Please RSVP to only one listing.
Original listing