I get lots of emails from 20 somethings who have lots of questions about the parenthood decision or who have made up their minds they don’t want the parent lifestyle, and are getting pressures from others. I also get lots of wisdom. 20 somethings wisdom is out...
What a great piece by Lisa Hymas on grist.com. When it comes to being childfree, she calls herself a GINK: green inclinations, no kids. May it replace the term that’s been out there for awhile– DINK: double income no kids. About 10 years ago, DINK was...
Thanks to all who wrote in their thoughts regarding the March On-the-Ground (OTG) question, “How are the childfree most misunderstood?” Most comments revolved around…… the myths that the decision to be childfree is selfish, and that it must mean we don’t...
Anna Carey wrote a great piece in the Irish Independent about “PANKs” – Professional Aunts No Kids. No more is the image of childless aunties as “fussy ol ladies” — we’re a happening bunch that play an important role in children’s...
Reading an Australian childless by choice article I ran across something for the first time. Sexologist and associate professor of health psychology at James Cook University, Dr Frances Quirk thinks a reason many of us don’t feel our raison d’être is to pump out...
Staying on the gender identity channel from the last post–I ran across an article in the San Francisco Chronicle from 2006–“Off the Mommy Track” by Elisa Gonzalez Clark. In talking about her decision not to have kids, she writes, “If I...
