by Laura | Apr 16, 2010 | Childfree Issues, Childfree Lifestyles, Childfree/Parenthood Related
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...
by Laura | Apr 13, 2010 | Baby Matrix related, Childfree Lifestyles, Childfree Media-Related
Journalist Laura Stepp has an interesting piece on teen pregnancy on The Huffington Post. The good news: teen pregnancy is down. The bad news: disturbing stats that don’t jive with this reduction. In late 2009, The National Campaign to Prevent Teen and...
by Laura | Apr 7, 2010 | Childfree Issues, Childfree Lifestyles
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...
by Laura | Apr 1, 2010 | Childfree & Sociology Topics, Childfree Lifestyles, Childfree Research-related
The upper parliament in India passed a remarkable and historic bill recently—1/3 of all legislative seats need to be filled by women. The world’s largest democracy, it guarantees seats for women in the national legislature and state assemblies. The bill still needs to...
by Laura | Mar 26, 2010 | Childfree Issues, Childfree Lifestyles, Childfree Relationship Topics
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...
by Laura | Mar 20, 2010 | Childfree Issues, Childfree Lifestyles, Childfree/Parenthood Related
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...
