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5: Not Having Kids: Parallels to Dogs, Species Differences, Individuality

5: Not Having Kids: Parallels to Dogs, Species Differences, Individuality

Update: 2022-10-09
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A while ago I answered an "ask me anything" question on our Instagram story saying that no, Sean and I do not want human kids. I was completely floored at the number of messages — and diversity of responses — I received. So Sean and I sat down to dig into the topic further! We explore ways that dogs and kids do feel very similar to us, ways they're different, if having Scout fills the "role" of a kid for us at all, and some other nuance along the way.


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5: Not Having Kids: Parallels to Dogs, Species Differences, Individuality

5: Not Having Kids: Parallels to Dogs, Species Differences, Individuality

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