by Laura | Nov 12, 2012 | Childfree & Sociology Topics, Childfree Book-Related, Childfree Issues, Childfree/Parenthood Related
I recently received and want to share this book review for Why Have Kids? by La Vie Childfree follower Gabriela Maya Bernadett. Here it is: As a childfree woman, I was curious to see what the childfree could take away from the recent book, Why Have Kids?: A New Mom...
by Laura | Oct 26, 2012 | Childfree & Sociology Topics, Childfree Issues, Childfree-Related Political issues, Childfree/Parenthood Related
As Election Day approaches, Roe v Wade remains the law of the land, but with a Republican victory and an aging Supreme Court… this law may very well be in jeopardy. As President Barack Obama said on August 8th in Denver, “The next president could tip the...
by Laura | Oct 22, 2012 | Childfree Issues, Childfree/Parenthood Related
One of the things the childfree know is how friendships so often change when their friends have children. Friendships can be challenged, can wane, even end. But they don’t have to; they can still go the distance. As I have written in a previous post, it takes...
by Laura | Oct 18, 2012 | Childfree Issues
Since my previous post, I have received a good number of emails asking, “What about the positive things to expect” when you don’t have kids? Good idea! In drafting a post on this, I realized… …people had already weighed in on this earlier...
by Laura | Oct 9, 2012 | Childfree Issues, Childfree Relationship Topics, Childfree/Parenthood Related
The October issue of Women’s Health Magazine has an article by Carrie Anton that takes a clever angle on what to expect from others in reaction to the childfree choice. It’s titled, “What to Expect When You’re Not Expecting.” I’d...
by Laura | Sep 26, 2012 | Baby Matrix related, Childfree Issues, Pronatalism
When it comes to how not wanting kids is seen in our society, we’ve come a long way from just a decade ago. At that time, there were some scholarly studies on “voluntary childlessness,” a few books out on the topic, and rarely did we see it covered...
