As most parents and elementary school teachers will tell you, kids love to tell stories about what goes on in their lives.
Dax Shepard has made a surprising offer to his 11-year-old daughter, Delta: He'll pay to freeze her eggs when she turns 18. The actor and podcast host opened up about the conversation on the Monday, January 5 episode of his Armchair Expert podcast after Delta shared her excitement about one day becoming a mom.
"She was saying how she can't wait to have a baby," Shepard recalled. He added that he believes Delta would make a wonderful mother, noting, "For people who don't know, our life is a traveling circus of Delta's stuffies. The bulk of our luggage as a family are [sic] her stuffies."
Dax Shepard offers to pay for egg freezing when Delta turns 18
When Delta mentioned her plans for motherhood to her dad, Shepard said he responded with support and practicality.
"I said, 'When do you think you'll have your first child? When you turn 18?' I want to be supportive of whatever," he explained. "I don't want to plant any seeds that I'd be judgmental or whatever."
Shepard then offered a plan to help her manage her future options.
"I said, 'If you want to, we'll freeze your eggs when you're 18. I'll pay for you to get your eggs frozen so you don't have to think about that,'" he said. Shepard acknowledged the privilege of being able to make such an offer.
"Acknowledging all luck and privilege, obviously, this isn't an option for most people. But I think, given where it's at, the trajectory, it would make the most sense. I think they're going to be wrestling with the same thing every woman is. You're gonna want to do your career…" he explained.
Delta Shepard thinks 18 is 'too old' to have her first baby
However, Delta had her own timeline in mind. Shepard shared that she thought 18 was "crazy" and "too old." "Again, she's 11 so that probably seems like 80," he said. "She's thinking mid-20s."
Delta's fascination with motherhood started with Sabrina Carpenter's 'Juno'
This isn't the first time Delta’s curiosity about motherhood has made headlines. Last March, Shepard discussed her reaction to Sabrina Carpenter's hit song, Juno.
"She goes, 'But do you know what Juno is?' and I go, 'No…' and she's like, 'Well, it's a movie,' and I go, 'The movie Juno? Yes, I know.' And she goes, 'Yeah, it's a story about a girl who gets pregnant,'" he recalled.
Shepard admitted he initially found the idea "a little nasty," but Delta had her own perspective: "What's nasty about wanting to have a baby with somebody?" she asked.
It's clear that Delta has given motherhood plenty of thought—and with a dad who's open to having these conversations, she's learning to plan for her future on her own terms.
