Redefining Success: The Blessings of Children An Interview with Dr. Catherine Pakaluk

What does it mean to live a successful life? For the women featured in Hannah ' s Children: The Women Quietly Defying the Birth Dearth , it means embracing the beauty and challenge of raising a large family. E conomist , author, and mother of eight Dr. Catheri ne Paka luk sheds light on college - educated women across diverse backgrounds choosing to raise large families in an era of declining birth rates. Through her research , Pakaluk reveals a worldview where children are embraced as these women ' s purpose, their c ontribution, and their greatest blessing. Join this thought - provoking , faith - filled vision of family and our future with Catherine and HSLDA President, Jim Mason . They highlight the crucial role of the homeschooling movement, which enabl es families to edu cate their children affordably while fostering strong values at home. " The t hree biggest blessings that God wants to send us are children , good health , and prosperity . The Jewish woman I talked to said, ' t he tradition says that the biggest of these three is children . . . that God really wants to bless us. ' I f you really believed that children were the greatest blessing that God could send you . . .y ou would arrange your life to have another child. . . they fit their careers and thei r professional work around their families rather than fitting their the timing of their children around their careers . " — Dr. Catherine Pakaluk

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Redefining Success: The Blessings of Children An Interview with Dr. Catherine Pakaluk is an episode from Homeschool Talks: Ideas and Inspiration for Your Homeschool by Ethan Weitz.

This episode is 50:33 long.

This episode was published on Mar 24, 2025.

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