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(See also Reihan's post on the Eberstadt essay.)"}],"editorialProject":null,"primaryCategory":{"__typename":"Channel","displayName":"Personal","url":"https://www.theatlantic.com/personal/","slug":"personal"},"reviews":[],"embeds":[],"authors":[{"id":"Author:16","displayName":"Ross Douthat","url":"https://www.theatlantic.com/author/ross-douthat/","biography":{"default":"Ross Douthat is a former contributing editor at The Atlantic.","__typename":"Biography"},"socialMedia":[],"__typename":"Author","slug":"ross-douthat"}],"preview":null,"layout":"standard","secondaryByline":"","dek":"","url":"https://www.theatlantic.com/personal/archive/2007/04/why-americans-have-more-children/54291/","title":"Why Americans Have More Children","seoTitle":"Why Americans Have More Children","dateModified":"2008-07-25T17:01:39Z","datePublished":"2007-04-28T06:43:28Z","hasMeter":true,"primaryChannel":{"displayName":"Personal","__typename":"Channel","slug":"personal"},"shareImage1x1":null,"shareImage16x9":null,"shareImage4x3":null,"shareImageDefault":null,"shareImageSquareDefault":null,"shareImageLeadArt":null,"shareDek":"","shareText":null,"shareTitle":"Why Americans Have More Children","editorsNote":null,"leadArt":null,"narratedAudio":null,"narratedAudioImage":null,"fbiaUrl":"https://www.theatlantic.com/facebook-instant/article/54291/","canonicalUrl":"https://www.theatlantic.com/personal/archive/2007/04/why-americans-have-more-children/54291/","syndication":"ALL","shareImage2x1":null,"shareImageSmall":null,"channels":[{"slug":"personal","__typename":"Channel"}],"watsonInfo":{"keywords":["demographic exceptionalism","fascinating post","Nicholas Eberstadt","American Interest essay","Eberstadt essay","Wilkinson"],"__typename":"WatsonInfo"},"slug":"why-americans-have-more-children","grapeshot":{"segments":["gv_safe","gb_safe","pos_bofa-kwlist","pos_lexus_fy23","pos_safe_core","pos_safe_strict","gs_fashion_women_acc","gs_fashion","gs_fashion_women","gs_society","gs_science_geography","gs_science_misc","gs_society_misc","gs_science","gs_family_children"],"__typename":"Grapeshot"},"advertisingInfo":{"disableHouseAd":false,"__typename":"AdvertisingInfo"}}}

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