Families of Two: the childfree a decade later

If you’ve been following this blog, you’ve probably noticed the section, “Childfree and Beyond Books.” It’s a growing collection of books that I’ve either read or seen excellent reviews from a variety of topic areas, including childfree (of course), relationships, psychology, sociology, and sustainability.

The most recent addition to the collection: The Narcissism Epidemic: Living in the Age of Entitlement by Jean Twenge and W. Keith Campbell. It’s a disturbing yet riveting discussion about how narcissism in “normal” people is on the rise in our country and why. Reading it I couldn’t help think of my most recent posts on the selfish issue… (more…)

As I mention in the vlog on the August On-the-Ground question wrap up,  I got lots of mail from childfree and parents re the question about how parents can be selfish. 

Thanks again to all that wrote in — parents and childfree.  And double thanks to parents’ candor. It really does help expand the conversation on selfishness, with kids and without. 

Here’s a few more themes that came up from parents: (more…)

The August question: 

Enough about the myth that the childfree are selfish because they don’t have kids. 

How can parents be selfish? What are signs of a selfish parent? 

September question: Look to your right in the On-the-Ground section and tell us your story~