by Laura | Feb 4, 2010 | Childfree Issues, Childfree Lifestyles
In interviewing couples for Families of Two, I met couples with a wide array of lifestyles. A few couples had serious goals to change their lifestyle at a certain age, and retire early. One couple –a neonatalogist (doc that works with premature babies) and a...
by Laura | Jan 25, 2010 | Childfree Book-Related, Childfree Issues, Childfree Lifestyles, Childfree Relationship Topics
Elizabeth Gilbert, author of the popular Eat Pray Love, has a new book out, Committed: A Skeptic Makes Peace with Marriage. Like the couple I wrote about in my last post on Dr. Phil, in Committed Gilbert speaks to her genuine lack of desire to have a child: ” …...
by Laura | Jan 22, 2010 | Childfree Interview-Related, Childfree Issues, Childfree Lifestyles, Childfree Media-Related, Childfree/Parenthood Related
Wow — Dr. Phil takes on the many faces of the modern family. In the intro clip he does say “There’s no right or wrong way to have a family.” However, the article on his site gives it a good shot, but does not get to the heart of the...
by Laura | Jan 20, 2010 | Childfree & Sociology Topics, Childfree Issues, Childfree Lifestyles
OK still on the Prop 8 trial –I wanted to share this 29 year old woman’s take on the matter. Here is the text of Kristen Quay of Oakland, California in a Letter to the editor in January 18th’s San Francisco Chronicle: “Real threat: unmarried...
by Laura | Jan 18, 2010 | Childfree & Sociology Topics, Childfree Lifestyles, Childfree Research-related, Childfree/Parenthood Related
The same sex-marriage court case continues to bring out great points that the public needs to be more educated about. On Jan 15, the focus was on the gay/lesbian parent issue. Many of us already know that gay and lesbians make just as good parents as...
by Laura | Jan 12, 2010 | Childfree Issues, Childfree Lifestyles, Childfree Media-Related, Childfree Research-related
I ran across again a couple of articles I saw in summer 2009 that are worth a read if you have not seen them. Macleans Canada ‘s “The Case Against Having Kids” by Anne Kingston discusses childfree issues, trends, and gives some recent stats. What...
