by Laura | Jun 1, 2012 | Pronatalism
In The Baby Matrix, I talk about about how pronatalism is all around us. Here’s an example that has to do with a woman who is struggling with her uncertainly about becoming a mother. In an article by Nina Jacinto, “Loving So Much It Hurts: Why I’m Not Sure I Can Be a...
by Laura | May 28, 2012 | Childfree Media-Related
In theme with Memorial Day, USA Today highlighted a new HBO movie, Hemingway & Gellhorn, starring Clive Owen as Hemingway, and Nicole Kidman as Martha Gellhorn, Hemingway’s his third wife. Gellhorn had an amazing life. As Nicole Kidman says, “Her main...
by Laura | May 22, 2012 | Baby Matrix related
My previous book, Families of Two: Interviews With Happily Married Couples Without Children by Choice, received international attention and paved the way for me to become an expert on the childfree choice. In the last several years, I have delved deeper. At first, I...
by Laura | May 18, 2012 | Childfree Issues, Childfree Relationship Topics
In my interview for an article in womansday on what not to say to the childfree, writer Charlotte Lavala asked me about “cringe-worthy” things women can say to their childfree woman friends. I gave her a boatload of ideas, and a couple landed in the...
by Laura | May 14, 2012 | Childfree Issues, Childfree Lifestyles, Childfree/Parenthood Related
In the book, 30 Lessons For Living:Tried and True Advice from the Wisest Americans, author Karl Pillemer tells us what he learned from surveys and interviews of over 1500 of elder Americans, 65 and older. He calls them our “experts.” He ends with a section...
