by Laura | Dec 22, 2009 | Childfree Issues, Childfree/Parenthood Related
A colleague passed me this piece by Jessica Handler the My Turn section of Newsweek earlier this year, “I Won’t Roll the Biological Dice.” Ms. Handler decided not to have children because she knew she had a 67% chance of passing on an illness that...
by Laura | Dec 10, 2009 | Childfree Issues, Childfree Lifestyles, Childfree Relationship Topics
When I decided to do Families of Two I will never forget my mother’s (that’s her on the right in this photo; on the left is my late grandmother) initial reaction. She told me she was not going to tell any of her friends what I was doing. I asked her...
by Laura | Dec 3, 2009 | Childfree Issues, Childfree/Parenthood Related
The last post was about mad, mad myths about parenthood—Now let’s turn to the mad, mad myths about those who don’t have kids by choice. From interviewing over a hundred couples for Families of Two, here are my top, top four: First, the biggest I heard then and what...
by Laura | Nov 26, 2009 | Childfree Issues, Childfree Lifestyles, Childfree Relationship Topics, Childfree/Parenthood Related
If you could be a fly on the wall at a lunch with a group of 30-something women, I bet one of the hottest topics of discussion you would hear them talk about is whether they are going to have children. More women than not do some serious laboring over this decision....