by Laura | Feb 7, 2011 | Childfree Issues, Childfree Lifestyles
I recently attended a “celebration of life” service for my friend Paula’s partner. Paula is my 70+ year old childfree friend I met through our mutual interest in art deco. She has very little family, and have to admit I wondered now that the love of...
by Laura | Feb 1, 2011 | Childfree Issues, Childfree Lifestyles, Childfree Relationship Topics
The January question: What childfree and related topics would you like to learn more about and discuss on this blog in 2011? Check out what people said: The February question: Childfree dating: What stories and wisdom do you have about finding childfree...
by Laura | Jan 30, 2011 | Childfree Interview-Related, Childfree Issues, Childfree Lifestyles
There is an interesting new e-magazine out there for guys: The Good Men Project. The editors describe what they are about: “We suppose we are difficult magazine to categorize, and that’s exactly how we like it. We’re not interested in… …telling men...
by Laura | Jan 27, 2011 | Childfree Issues, Childfree Lifestyles, Childfree/Parenthood Related
There have been a number of segments on national TV on women not having children by choice, and childfree married couples, but this is the first… I’ve seen on childfree guys only. The Today Show did a piece about a guy who had vasectomy in his twenties. I...
by Laura | Jan 15, 2011 | Childfree Interview-Related, Childfree Issues, Childfree Lifestyles
I recently reconnected with Erin and Jeff, one of the couples interviewed in Families of Two. They also appeared on The Early Show with me. At the time Families of Two came out, they had been married for 12 years–so now 22. They are both teachers. I asked them a...
by Laura | Jan 12, 2011 | Childfree & Sociology Topics, Childfree Lifestyles, Childfree/Parenthood Related
Rufus Griscom and Alisa Volkman, parents and creators of the parenting site, babble.com, have an interesting talk on TED about the taboos of parenting. The talk about four parenting taboos: 1) You can’t say you didn’t fall in love with your baby in the...