Pew Research Center’s recent study on people who don’t have children gives us an informative multidimensional survey of “2,542 adults ages 50 and older who have never had children and 770 adults ages 18 to 49 who don’t have children and say they are not too or not at...
Since 25 Over 10: A Childfree Longitudinal Study has been out, I have received many communications from readers ~ thank you! There have been a few themes by the type of readers, which I hope you find as interesting as I have. From Childfree Readers The two biggest...
February 15 Update: It’s Out and Available! Of the many assumptions about those who make the childfree choice, people all too often think they will eventually change their minds and want children. What’s the reality? In 2010, I decided to...
Bright Side’s recent piece, “What Childfree People Really Want and Why They Deliberately Refuse to Have Children,” needs some serious cross-checking. Since the late 1990s, I’ve been gathering qualitative data on childfree people and have interviewed and talked with...
I sure like seeing more pieces out there these days on childfree sterilization in popular women’s publications. A recent piece in SELF on this topic deserves mention. After Deputy Editor Nina Bahadur relays a few women’s frustrating experiences and...
I have been enjoying Lilli Blackmore’s posts on her site, the American Spinster. Her most recent post, “Why Having Kids Is Not a Retirement Plan” inspires me to riff on this important topic. Please indulge me. The Pronatalist Elderhood Assumption Much of what Lilli...
