La Vie Childfree

Time magazine recently had an interesting article about “The Upside of Being an Introvert.”  The article did not speak to it, but reading it brought to mind how some childfree hypothesize that there are more introverts than extraverts who are childfree.  In my experience the jury is out on that. Whether more childfree are introverts or not, I noticed  things the article spoke to that the childfree have in common with introverts… Continue reading “What the Childfree Have in Common with Introverts” »

Last month’s On-the-Ground question was: If you knew as a child you’d grow up to be childfree, how did you know so early in life? Here’s what you said:

The February question is:  How has being childfree had the most positive impact on your life? What do you foresee as future positive impacts? To answer, click this question in the On-the-Ground section to your right!

The San Francisco  Chronicle recently had an interesting piece on Facebook‘s Chief Operating Officer (COO), Sheryl Sandberg.  Named Forbes magazine 5th most powerful woman in the world Continue reading “Facebook’s COO Sandberg: A Symbol of New Wave of Feminism?” »

Reading “The Grief of Childlessness” by Samantha Schoech got me thinking about how we’ve come to commonly define “childless “and “childless by circumstance.”  Who are the childless? Typically we are talking about those who want biological children…. Continue reading “Rethinking What It Means to be Childless & Childless by Circumstance” »