by Laura | Nov 22, 2010 | Childfree/Parenthood Related
Earlier this year parentdish did a piece on a childfree/parent contested topic: if you don’t have kids can you give parents advice? Well, out of the blocks I have to say that I operate from the principle on advice in general–don’t give it unless...
by Laura | Nov 18, 2010 | Childfree Issues, Childfree Psychology-Related, Childfree/Parenthood Related
I recently had an exchange with a woman who wrote in response to this month’s On-the-Ground Question: Who has been least accepting of you not wanting kids? She said that she’d have to say her infertile friends. She has wanted kids, has been in the process...
by Laura | Nov 15, 2010 | Childfree & Sociology Topics, Childfree Research-related, Childfree/Parenthood Related
Here’s more from the U.S. Census newly released report, “Fertility of American Women.” Data was collected from three million households in 2008. My last post spoke to data on women with no children. Here are some numbers I found interesting regarding women who...
by Laura | Nov 11, 2010 | Childfree & Sociology Topics, Childfree Issues, Childfree Research-related
The U.S. Census released a new report this month, “Fertility of American Women.” It used data collected from American women in 2008. It looks at fertility patterns from a number of different angles, but I want to start with data on women with no children. I’ll do a...
by Laura | Nov 8, 2010 | Childfree-Related Political issues
Ms Magazine does a good summary of how pro-choice did in the election. Pro-choice suffered some big losses but there is a twist: First, the big pro-reproductive rights losses: Replacement of pro-choice Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), pro-choice Democratic leadership...
by Laura | Nov 4, 2010 | Childfree-Related Political issues
In September I wrote about pro-life women candidates running in the mid term elections. How did they do? On pro-life female Senate candidates… Senate candidate Christine O’Donnell lost to pro-choice Chris Coons in Delaware. Senate candidate Carly Fiorina,...
