Are Families of Two a Family? Where Americans Stand
Sociology researcher Brian Powell has done some very interesting research about how today’s Americans define family. Results in the book Counted Out examine how men and women of different ages, races, religions, and socioeconomic backgrounds view what...
Meet Kaye Walters, Childfree Author of Kidfree & Lovin’ It!
Author Kaye Walters has done something no other writer in the childfree genre has – she has conducted a survey of over 4000 childfree to learn about the childfree choice and those who make it. I recently had the chance to interview her about the survey, her...
The Childfree Genre: Bring on More Interviews & Essay Collections
I was delighted to see Henriette Mantel in last Sunday’s Chicago Tribune Lifestyles section in Heidi Steven’s piece, “Childless Writers Address Choice to Forego Parenthood.” Stevens closes with a great quote: “No Kidding strikes me as...
Childfree=Narcissist? Authors of The Narcissism Epidemic Would Likely Disagree
Tom Wolfe famously proclaimed the 70’s “The Me Decade.” In 1979 Christopher Lasch’s The Culture of Narcissism became an unexpected…
