Interview with America’s premier Atheist Pronatalists on having ‘tons of kids’ to save the world

Guardian ^ | May 26, 2024 | Jenny Kleeman

[nwrep]

Malcolm and Simone Collins with Octavian George, four, Torsten Savage, two, and Titan Invictus, one – in Pennsylvania.

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They are the poster children of the pronatalist movement, on a mission to save humanity by having as many babies as possible.

This is not Quiverfull, the fundamentalist Christian belief that large families are a blessing from God. The Collinses are atheists; they believe in science and data, studies and research.

Every decision the Collinses make is backed by data. “Nominative determinism is a heavily studied field,” Malcolm tells me, when I ask about his children’s names. “Girls that have gender neutral names are more likely to have higher paying careers and get Stem degrees.” Names like Titan and Industry are much more than gender neutral, I say.

Simone was a “mistake baby”, the child of hippies (she has two half siblings from her father’s previous polyamorous marriage; her mother was their babysitter, she says). “I was always the black sheep in the family. They were very, ‘Go out, experiment.’

The “number one pronatalist policy position,” he tells me, is for governments to make it easier for women to work from home and have flexible hours. The Collinses believe in childcare, but not maternity leave. She will have the day of her C-section off “because of the drugs”, but will take work calls from hospital the day after. She tells me it’s because she’s “bored out of my mind” when she’s stuck with a newborn. In what they hope will be the beginning of political careers for both of them, Simone is running for Pennsylvania state government as a Republican. The primary is two weeks after she’s due to give birth.

[Chickensoup]

Read the link that was posted with the article. That’s where I got it.. it is a very long article.

[Valpal1]

My guess is they don’t like wearing contacts. Big dark frames are trendy with zoomers

[TexasFreeper2009]

The world does NOT need autistic atheists having more children!

[Valpal1]

“If we are wrong, we want someone to be right,” she says. Then she smiles. “The more kids you have, the more likely you are to have kids that get it right somewhere.”

The mom is a smart cookie.

[ronniesgal]

ah yes the slappy guy. I’ll take parenting advice from him/s

[lastchance]

I thought this quote was very apt.

“When people say, ‘I can’t afford kids,’ what they mean is, ‘I cannot afford to have kids at the standards that I find to be culturally normative,” Malcolm continues.

[markman46]

OK i’ll go and reread the article

thanks

[x]

Good life choices, I guess.

Abominable fashion choices, though.

Awful baby name choices too.

[Svartalfiar]

“Girls that have gender neutral names are more likely to have higher paying careers and get Stem degrees.” Names like Titan and Industry are much more than gender neutral, I say.

Either-or names like Taylor or Jordan or Jesse are just annoying. Non-name names like Titan or Industry are peak idiocy. A clear sign to employers that mom and dad probably didn't raise the kid right.