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That's really sad but understandable from a nine year old's perspective. I had a pregnancy fear, of a sort, as a child. I got the impression that when women marry, they immediately start having babies and have to spend all their time at home raising them. I'm not really sure why - my own mother was the bread winner in our family, and worked a full time job while getting her master's AND doing most of the child raising. Still, I very much wanted to travel(still do) and feared that if I got married or had children it would be impossible.

I think this is one of the most difficult conversations to get right with kids. It's not good to over-explain things they don't yet have questions about, but letting them work it out for themselves can lead to a lot of misconceptions, as in your story. I'm not sure what the answer is, but thank you! It's an interesting perspective.