by Laura | Aug 1, 2021 | Childfree Events, Laura's La Vie Childfree Writings Library
I have been running International Childfree Day since 2013, when it was brought back from being celebrated as “Non-Parents Day” in the early 70s. Each year childfree people from around the world have been nominated for “Of the Year” awards....
by Laura | Jul 2, 2021 | Childfree Events
On August 1, 1973, the non-profit organization, National Organization for Non-Parents (NON), celebrated Non-Parents Day by awarding a Female and Male National Non-Parent of the Year. Later known as the National Alliance for Optional Parenthood (NAOP), it existed from...
by Laura | May 7, 2021 | Childfree & Sociology Topics, Laura's La Vie Childfree Writings Library, Social-Cultural Issues
As we approach Mother’s Day this year in the U.S., I am inspired to quote childfree icon, Gloria Steinem. Her 2016 Facebook post is right on: I’ve been thinking about Mother’s Day, and why I and others, who are not mothers, identify with this day just as much as...
by Laura | Mar 10, 2021 | Baby Matrix related, Childfree Media-Related, Laura's La Vie Childfree Writings Library
In the first edition of Childfree Magazine, I have an article about how to live your best later-in-life years, childfree style. In this interview, magazine founder Tanya Williams and I talk about the article, the pronatalist “so who will take care of you when...
by Laura | Feb 5, 2021 | Childfree Media-Related
Thrilled to have a feature article in the 1st issue of Childfree Magazine! A big thank you to Tanya Williams, author of A Childfree Happily Ever After, for spearheading this effort. Get your digital copy today!
by Laura | Dec 15, 2020 | Childfree Issues, Childfree Lifestyles, Childfree Media-Related, Childfree-Related, Laura's La Vie Childfree Writings Library
What a year. Like in years past, I have closely watched childfree trends in 2020. To start off my latest end-of-year childfree trending piece, how can we not start with the pandemic. The Pandemic and the Childfree Choice The impact of the pandemic has spurred talk...