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“We are beyond excited to embark on this beautiful next chapter of parenthood in both peace and privacy,” the couple said, adding, “And then there were 3.”

Despite his insistence that marriage and parenthood should be nearly universal, he talks about his own family with a sense of distance.

Unaffordable housing, rising costs and gruelling working hours have led more and more young people to reject marriage or parenthood, or both.

He agreed that some slaveowners committed “abuses,” but then he noted our society hasn’t outlawed marriage or parenthood, institutions that have also had abuses.

"We need to watch how young people's attitudes toward marriage and parenthood are changing."