by Laura | May 16, 2014 | Childfree Book-Related
In author J.O. Raber’s words, Famous – But No Children “is about people who have made an important difference because they were more oriented toward making that difference than toward living the conventional life of rearing children. This is not to say that people...
by Laura | Jan 17, 2014 | Childfree Research-related
Hot off the research press are the results of two studies came out to add to the collection of research on who’s happiest — parents or those with no children. One was sponsored by Open University in Great Britain, and was based on an online survey of about...
by Laura | Dec 6, 2013 | Childfree Research-related
I recently had the pleasure of doing a Q&A with sociologist and criminologist, Kimya N. Dennis, who is currently conducting an interesting study on childfree Black women: What inspired you to do a study on childfree Black women? First, my sociological interests...
by Laura | Dec 3, 2013 | Childfree Research-related
Tracy Morison, Ph.D., a post-doctoral fellow in the Human and Social Development Research Program and Honorary Research Associate in the Psychology Department at Rhodes University in South Africa, recently passed on an interesting Master’s thesis to me. Julia Moore’s...
by Laura | Nov 19, 2013 | Childfree Book-Related
According to the recently released book, Baby Bust: New Choices for Men and Women in Work and Family by Stewart Friedman, it summarizes a cross-generational study of college students that produced a “stark discovery: the rate of graduates who plan to have children...
by Laura | Oct 22, 2013 | Childfree Media-Related
If you’ve ever had an opportunity to watch ABC’s hit series, Grey’s Anatomy, there’s a strong chance you’re familiar with the leading lady’s intelligent, ambitious, and often tactless best friend, Dr. Cristina Yang. In a role that has elevated Sandra Oh’s career to...
