Pew Research Center has a new report out on men and women, and the importance they put on key aspects of their lives. Respondents were asked questions related to their careers, marriage and parenthood. There are interesting numbers, especially when it comes to...
The National Survey of Family Growth (NSFG) has a new report out on fertility statistics for the years 2006-2010. The NSFG is one of the few organizations who break the “childlessness”category out into “voluntary,” “involuntary”...
One of the challenges the childfree talk about is how not to get defensive when asked by people they don’t know (or don’t know well) why they don’t want kids. Here are my three favorite strategies: First, a question worth asking is why we can feel...
I continue to be curious about whether the childfree are more likely to be introverted. I posted on this topic awhile back with some interesting research on introverts, and more recently read Susan Cain’s excellent book Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World...
In Elizabeth Kolbert’s recent article in The New Yorker talks about a guy who sure is worth knowing about: doctor Charles Knowlton. Why? Because he is a father of the idea that having children is a choice, that parenthood is optional. Check out what Kolbert...
In part as a nod to Women’s History month, the March On-the-Ground Question was: Who is your favorite childfree woman and why? She can be dead or alive, famous or not, someone you know personally, any childfree woman! Here’s what you said: The April...
