“Tell me about your family”
You might feel an instinct when meeting someone new to ask, “So, how many kids to you have?” or “Do you have kids?”
🚨DON’T🚨
Please, stop asking people about their kids, if they want kids, or how many kids they have.
For people in the fertility community, these questions are an incredibly hurtful, heartbreaking and triggering for struggling to build their family or grieving the loss of a pregnancy or baby. Such an “innocent” question is the source for so much pain.
So please, next time you want to ask someone about their family, try -
“Tell me about your family.”
❤️5 Ways To Ask, But Not Ask “Do You Have Kids?”❤️
❤️When you are meeting someone for the first time… “Ah, you just moved in! Welcome to the neighborhood. So, who lives in that big house with you?”