by Laura | Aug 29, 2011 | Childfree & Sociology Topics, Childfree Lifestyles
The National Marriage Project, which conducts research on marriage and family in the United States, has a new report out on divorce, cohabitation and marriage. When it comes to living together, the research found that in the last 40 years… …there has been...
by Laura | Aug 22, 2011 | Childfree Issues, Childfree Lifestyles
Any childfree person should know about sociologist Jean Veevers. She was a pioneer in the study of the childfree, or “voluntary childlessness” as it was called back then. Even in the 70s, she was writing about how the voluntary childless was a...
by Laura | Aug 18, 2011 | Childfree & Sociology Topics, Childfree/Parenthood Related
Did you happen to catch PBS’ report on a growing way to go to all lengths to have a baby? Indian surrogacy. Check out how it works, and the pros and cons… Many couples who desperately want a baby and face the issue of the woman not being able to carry the...
by Laura | Aug 15, 2011 | Childfree & Sociology Topics, Childfree Issues
mtuni, a commenter here, recently made an observation on some comments mostly in response to my recent Alamo Theater post. She spotted something that has not happened here before — “hit and run trolling” type of rant. She observes…...
by Laura | Aug 11, 2011 | Childfree Issues, Childfree Relationship Topics, Childfree Research-related, Childfree/Parenthood Related, Laura's La Vie Childfree Writings Library
You may have seen more articles popping up lately on how “childless” couples are more likely to divorce. How it’s treated as a “statistical reality” needs to be challenged and clarified. Let’s start...
by Laura | Aug 8, 2011 | Childfree & Sociology Topics, Childfree Issues, Childfree Lifestyles
In addition to meeting Orna Donath as part of being interviewed on Israel’s only online childfree forum, “Women Who Don’t Want Children,” I met Anat, a delightful Israeli woman who has monitored this forum for the last five years. I just had to ask her for...
