http://lauracarroll.com/2010/01/pressures-judgments-cruelty-and-rejection-still-abound/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=pressures-judgments-cruelty-and-rejection-still-abound Talk la vie childfree with Laura Carroll Thu, 09 Sep 2010 15:57:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://lauracarroll.com/2010/01/pressures-judgments-cruelty-and-rejection-still-abound/comment-page-1/#comment-24 Laura Mon, 18 Jan 2010 17:37:01 +0000 http://lauracarroll.com/?p=610#comment-24 Go Polly Vernon! I love her point re needing to stop pretending that childlessness isn't happening...Love to know her source for the stats re birth rates in Europe being in "steep" decline--40% of UK university graduates aged 35 are childless and that at least 30% will stay that way permanently. Census researchers in the States would also agree that "much of this childlessness is involuntary or, at least, unconsidered, the consequence of infertility, a lack of opportunity or leaving it too late."<br>~L Go Polly Vernon! I love her point re needing to stop pretending that childlessness isn't happening…Love to know her source for the stats re birth rates in Europe being in “steep” decline–40% of UK university graduates aged 35 are childless and that at least 30% will stay that way permanently. Census researchers in the States would also agree that “much of this childlessness is involuntary or, at least, unconsidered, the consequence of infertility, a lack of opportunity or leaving it too late.”
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]]> http://lauracarroll.com/2010/01/pressures-judgments-cruelty-and-rejection-still-abound/comment-page-1/#comment-23 heather Mon, 18 Jan 2010 04:06:24 +0000 http://lauracarroll.com/?p=610#comment-23 I was browsing around after looking at your current posts and ran into a post I thought you might like! The quote that made me think about your blog is "Babies are the newest archetype on the happy ending, therefore not wanting them is tantamount to not wanting to be happy." The whole article is at: <a href="http://tiny.cc/llFFo" rel="nofollow">http://tiny.cc/llFFo</a> I was browsing around after looking at your current posts and ran into a post I thought you might like! The quote that made me think about your blog is “Babies are the newest archetype on the happy ending, therefore not wanting them is tantamount to not wanting to be happy.” The whole article is at: http://tiny.cc/llFFo

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