Episode Description
Avital Schreiber Levy is a wife, mother of five, author, and founder of 'Hi Fam' - a YouTube channel and podcast that supports couples and parents. Avital shares her journey growing up in London and Jerusalem, living in the USA, and choosing to raise her family in Israel. The conversation covers how parenting shapes culture, why the West is experiencing declining birth rates, and how feminism, individualism, and the self-esteem movement have impacted marriage and motherhood. Avital discusses the balance between freedom and tradition, the crisis in modern marriage, and why family is the most meaningful project of our lives.
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Timestamps:
(00:00) Introduction
(01:53) How parenting shapes culture
(03:44) Individualism vs community
(08:54) Israel vs US family life
(14:57) Feminism & birth rates
(31:18) The self-esteem movement
(39:48) Marriage in crisis
(54:43) Meaning, motherhood & mission
(1:04:34) Childless by choice?
(1:27:05) Can birth rates recover?
(1:36:17) Cultural decline in the West
(1:43:04) Motherhood & selflessness
(1:46:19) Outro
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