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 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 Brit McGinnis Do you know someone on the brink of deciding whether to have children? Give that person the book No Kids Required by Jenn Sadai. Her book gives readers a holistic conversation about the decision to have kids, and tells it in a voice that may...
By Erica L. Bergmann Midway through the first essay in Nobody’s Mother: Life Without Kids, it’s apparent how one-size-fits-all will not apply to any of its 21 unique contributors. This anthology is primarily written by Canadian and some American women on how or why...
@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…
