No. Stevie does not have biological children. In 1990, Stevie considered adopting a child (a girl) but changed her mind after realizing that the demands of her life and career would not be compatible with raising a child. She would have called the child “Lillian Rebecca” (Castro, 1990).
But Stevie admires motherhood. “I have a newfound respect for moms,” she told Marilyn Beck in 1997. “When I’m at my (former) house in Phoenix, I live with my 5 1/2-year-old niece (Jessi) and my brother (Christopher) and sister-in-law (Lori). And I now really understand what an incredible commitment it is to have a child, and how difficult it is. I know I could not have done both. I’d have ended up having to stop doing my music, or pretty much letting someone else raise my child — which would have made me very unhappy. And I don’t want to bring children into a world of crazy rock ‘n’ roll. I mean, people have asked, ‘Are you going to take your dog on tour?’ No! I don’t want her (Sulamith) to go out there and get sick and die. So to drag a kid around on the road? I don’t think that’s right” (Beck, 1997).
Because of Stevie’s caring nature, however, many of her close friends have entrusted her to be Godmother to their children. She considers Matthew Anderson, the son of her ex-husband Kim Anderson and the late Robin Snyder Anderson, to be her stepson.
References
Beck, M. (1997, August 19). Stevie Nicks nixes her former dreams of motherhood. Marilyn Beck’s Hollywood.
Castro, P. (1990, August 13). Stevie’s wonder. People.
