by Laura | Mar 22, 2018 | Man Swarm Related, Population Issues, Pronatalism
With the announcement of the closing of Toys “R” Us, we’ve seen a few articles discussing one particular reason it went bankrupt and out of business: decline in birth rates. Let’s examine this claim. Demographic Time Bomb? In the article, “Toys R Us’s baby problem is...
by Laura | Mar 6, 2018 | Childfree Issues, Childfree Research-related, Childfree-Related
I sure like seeing more pieces out there these days on childfree sterilization in popular women’s publications. A recent piece in SELF on this topic deserves mention. After Deputy Editor Nina Bahadur relays a few women’s frustrating experiences and...
by Laura | Feb 27, 2018 | Social-Cultural Issues
Pew Research Center recently came out with an interesting report on the numbers of women having children. Based primarily on data from the U.S. Census Bureau’s June Supplement of the Current Population Survey, Pew Research Center collected “completed fertility”...
by Laura | Feb 22, 2018 | Childfree-Related, Childfree/Parenthood Related, Laura's La Vie Childfree Writings Library
With the rise in articles and posts about being childfree these days, I especially appreciate those that give good summaries of the childfree decision. Take the recent post, “Why Many Millennials Have Decided To Be Childfree (And That’s Okay)” by Liz Greene on...
by Laura | Feb 14, 2018 | Childfree Events, Childfree Lifestyles, Laura's La Vie Childfree Writings Library
Valentine’s Day brings to mind one of the many bennies of being in a childfree relationship: because the childfree don’t have kids, they have more time to devote to their relationships. So when Valentine’s Day rolls around, my partner and I often...
