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Elon Muskis explaining his perspective to those who are skeptical about his push for bigger families.
In response to a user on Twitter who asked both the Tesla founder, 51, andNick Cannon, 41, what they’d say to “those who say they shouldn’t have a lot kids for cost reasons,” Musk stayed firm in his position to have more children.
“Kids are worth it if at all possible,” Musk wrote.
He then announced that he is “planning to increase childcare benefits at my companies significantly,” adding, “Hopefully, other companies do [the] same.”
“Also, Musk Foundation plans to donate directly to families. Hopefully, details to be announced next month.”
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After court documents published Wednesday revealed Musksecretly welcomed twins back in Novemberwith Neuralink executiveShivon Zilis, he encouraged others to grow their families.
“I hope you have big families and congrats to those who already do!” hewroteon Twitter Thursday.
Cannon, 41, who iswelcoming at least his eighth child this year, chimed in,replyingto Musk’s tweet, “Right there with you my Brother!”
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He also shares 18-year-old twins Vivian Jenna Wilson and Griffin, along with triplets Kai, Damian and Sax, who were born in 2006, with his first wife, Justine Wilson. The two had another son, Nevada, who died at 10 weeks.
According to the court documents, Musk and Zilis’s twins were born in Austin, Texas. The papers reveal that in April, Musk and Zilis –– who is the project director at his Neuralink company –– asked a Texan county court to change their babies' names so they would “have their father’s last name and contain their mother’s last name as part of their middle name.”
The twins' sexes were not made public and their names were redacted from the documents.
An Austin judge granted their request in May, perInsider.
A representative for Musk did not respond to PEOPLE’s request for comment. Zilis also did not respond.
source: people.com
