by Laura | Mar 9, 2012 | Childfree & Sociology Topics, Childfree Lifestyles, Childfree Psychology-Related
I recently saw a stat that surprised me in the TIME article, “Living Alone is the New Norm.” Latest 2011 U.S. Census data tell us that 28% of Americans live alone. That number means they are now “tied with childless couples as the most prominent...
by Laura | Mar 6, 2012 | Childfree & Sociology Topics, Childfree Issues, Childfree Media-Related
Have you seen the collage of never-mom women from history (and some still alive) on pinterest? Olivia Reading has done a great job. It’s Women’s History Month, and I find it inspiring! Check it out, and maybe it will inspire your answer to this...
by Laura | Mar 2, 2012 | Childfree Issues
The February question was: How has being childfree had the most positive impacts on your life? What do you foresee as future positive impacts? Here’s what you said: March is Women’s History Month. So the March On-the-Ground question let’s focus...
by Laura | Feb 28, 2012 | Childfree Issues
Running across a post by Sue Fagalde Lick on a babysitting jello fiasco brought back memories of my own babysitting days. I have some babysitting stories to tell as well…Babysitting was the first “job” I had and did it as a teen. I grew up to...
by Laura | Feb 24, 2012 | Childfree & Sociology Topics, Childfree Issues
Back in September I posted on a newly released research publication on GenXers by The Center for Work Life Policy, part of which reported that over 40% of women ages 41-45 did not have children, and by age 40, 36% of Gen X men also don’t have children. Researchers...
by Laura | Feb 21, 2012 | Childfree & Religious Topics, Childfree & Sociology Topics, Childfree Media-Related, Childfree-Related Political issues
The San Francisco Chronicle had an informative editorial on Obama’s recent contraceptive mandate. Brian Cahill, former executive director of Catholic Charities of San Francisco, thinks that the Obama administration’s “recent compromise” was an...
