‘Intelligent People Have Kids’: Couple Choose Faith Over Contraception, Give Birth to 9 Boys and 1 Girl

“For all of them, the path we want to lead them on is the one of virtue: this is where joy lies for all of us.”

Courtesy of Ryan Topping

Twenty-three years ago, a young couple grounded in faith chose natural family planning over contraception, welcoming nine sons and one daughter—and a huge, happy household where God and virtue are honored.

Ryan Topping, 46, and his wife, Anna Topping, 45, live in Edmonton, Canada, with their 10 children—their “10 little universes in the house.”