Stephanie Murray is a contributing writer for The Atlantic and the author behind the Substack ”Family Stuff.” Her beat involves covering many of the intricacies and data points behind parenting and child-rearing, particularly the decline in birthrates throughout much of the developed world. In this episode, I got a chance to speak with her about the cultural explanations for why people aren’t having as many kids, why lower fertility rates are such a big deal, and her own experience as a mother of three.