Review by Margaret O’Connor Olive, Emma Gannon’s debut novel, gives readers a breath of fresh air on the challenges of deciding whether to have children. In an authentic, informed and non-judgemental way, she strikes a balance in dealing with very complex...
Review by Lina Orsino-Allen This short and easy-to-read book is one I had wanted to read concerning my childfree life for a long time. Rather than be overtly psychological or fact based, this is a light-hearted collection of anecdotes and collated experiences,...
Review by Lyz Rudolph-Michaels An entertaining read of complex, emotional substance, Dani Alpert’s memoir, The Girlfriend Mom, tells the story of a childfree woman who falls for a divorcee with two children. During their eight-year relationship, she struggles to find...
by LiveTrue Book Reviewer Brit McGinnis As the COVID-19 pandemic rounds the corner to May, the-stay-at-home time continues to present an opportunity to re-evaluate our lives. What kind of homes have we created? What life choices have made us happiest? Least happy?...
Review by Lyz Rudolph-Michaels A short and sweet little book, Aubrea Ashe’s 83 Reasons I Do Not Want a Baby: Deal with it. aims to answer the inevitable questions childfree women like the author get when asserting their decision not to have children. As Ashe writes:...
@Paula_JKnight And trying to heal your inner child by having a child is a selfish act. To put that on a kid sure is not thinking about the kid first. One can argue that a person is not ready to have a kid Until they deal with healing their own inner child. #pronatalism
As you know ; ) points to the deep #pronatalist assumption that we are all supposed to want children. If we think we don't, we also don't know our own mind, bcz we will eventually realize we do want them. Hogwash, but so ingrained! twitter.com/ChildFreeBC/st…
