Since symbolic interactionism analyzes the behaviours and perspectives of individuals, it can be applied to determine a couple’s decision to have children. Individuals reflect upon and define their social interactions to discover meanings that will influence their future experiences. In the textbook, Individuals and Families (2010), it states that symbolic interactionism “emphasizes the mental processes of perception … in determining the behaviour individuals” (Comeau, Di Giuseppe, Featherstone, Gallant, McCabe, McCulloch … Witte, p. 41, para. 5). Essentially, Mead, Blumer, and Gidden’s theory (1969) suggests that people behave based on their perceptions of others and how they believe others perceive them (para. 4). When a couple decides to
