by Laura | Jan 24, 2012 | Childfree & Sociology Topics, Childfree Lifestyles, Childfree Media-Related
A recent article in TIME magazine, “The 1% Birth. Why baby Beyonces are little profit center for hospitals” struck me as an example of the power of pronatalism. Why? Birth is big business…and particularly “luxe” birth. Get this. As the...
by Laura | Jan 20, 2012 | Childfree Issues
Reading “The Grief of Childlessness” by Samantha Schoech got me thinking about how we’ve come to commonly define “childless “and “childless by circumstance.” Who are the childless? Typically we are talking about those who...
by Laura | Jan 17, 2012 | Childfree Lifestyles
I am on a road trip down the California coast, and one of the towns I visited for the first time in years is worthy of mention as a place you’re not likely to share your visit with many kids… Carmel. What a charming little town, and one of the best little...
by Laura | Jan 13, 2012 | Childfree & Religious Topics, Childfree Issues
Last year Grist did a piece on why the childfree had finally gone mainstream. I had to disagree. While this choice is talked about more than ever before, it’s not hit mainstream acceptance by a long shot. One big reason? Religion. This “Happily...
by Laura | Dec 30, 2011 | Childfree Issues
And the last in the series of excerpts from people’s responses to last month’s On-the-Ground question on childfree travel–this one: from Ireland to North Africa and more… I went on my dream trip to Ireland. I went twice actually….I went solo both...
by Laura | Dec 27, 2011 | Childfree Issues
The Paris of South America it is indeed! Been touring for a few days now, and like with Rio, here are a few things I have observed to enhance the chances of childfree travel in Buenos Aires: Getting there: If you are already in South America (I was flying there...
