Faapuupuu le mataupu:  O loo luʻia e se vaega o tusitala le manatu e faapea, o le avea ma mātua o le ki lea i se olaga faamalieina ma fiafia i se tusi fou o tusitusiga, lea o loo suʻesuʻeina ai le filifiliga ma le iloa a tagata taʻitoʻatasi e lē toe fia fanau. O le tusi Selfish, Shallow, and Self-Absorbed: Sixteen Writers on the Decision Not to Have Kids, na faatonuina e le tusitala mai Los Angeles o Meghan Daum, 45 tausaga, o lē na ia tusia tusitusiga a tusitala e toʻa 16, e aofia ai Lionel Shriver, Sigrid Nunez, Kate Christensen, Elliott Holt, Geoff Dyer ma Tim Kreider, mo lana tusi fou, lea ua fuafua e tatala i le Aso Lua. Peitaʻi, e lē o faasalaina i latou ua filifili e fai se fanau, ae o le a iloiloina ai le auala ua oo ai isi i le faaiʻuga e lē talafeagai mo i latou le avea ma mātua i se aganuu e tapuaʻi i le avea ma mātua. Faamaoni: Na faasaʻo e Meghan Daum tusitusiga a tusitala e toʻa 16 e uiga i la latou filifiliga e le toe faia ni fanau i lana tusi fou Selfish, Shallow, and Self-Absorbed: Sixteen Writers on the Decision Not to Have Kids. E na o i maʻua: O Ms. Daum, e leai sana fanau, na fai le ata o le selfie ma lana tane. Na taʻu atu e Ms Daum i le Flavorwire, ʻO nei tusitusiga e tele ai tagata e talanoa e uiga i auala e fai ai a latou faiā ma tamaiti, tuafafine po o atalii o a latou fanau, po o tamaiti o loo latou aʻoaʻoina. Na ia faaopoopo mai: ʻUa e faalogo i le faaupuga masani "e manaʻomia se nuu", ae e tele auala e avea ai ma tagata e tali atu i se nuu.' Na faamatala ma le faamaoni e tusitala o le tusi le auala na latou faia ai le filifiliga e ola e aunoa ma se fanau e aunoa ma le faamasinoina o i latou - o se manatu faafouina lea i se filifiliga e lē manaʻomia ai ni finauga, lea e masani ona fenuminumiaʻi ma faitioina. Mo lana tusi, na saʻili e Ms Daum manatu o alii ma tamaitai, e ui o le tele o tala i le tuufaatasiga e mai tusitala fafine. Na taʻua e Ms Daum i le faasalalauga, ʻOu te manatu e tatau ona tatou faaeteete i le manatu e faapea, o le avea ma mātua o le auala e tasi lea e avea ai se tagata matua,' ma ia taʻua ai, ʻe lē o se mea e faasā ona fai atu, ʻO aʻu o se tagata e lē loloto loʻu mafaufau,' nai lo o le faapea atu e lē o se mea lenei mo aʻu.' O le tusi fou a Ms Daum o loo iai ni tusitusiga...
O le tusi Selfish, Shallow, and Self-Absorbed: Sixteen Writers on the Decision not to Have Kids na tusia e le tusitala mai Los Angeles o Meghan Daum.