by Laura | Jul 4, 2010 | Childfree & Sociology Topics, Childfree Issues, Childfree Lifestyles, Childfree Research-related
Pew Research Center just came out with a new report on the numbers of childless women using mostly data from the June fertility supplement of the Census Bureau’s Current Population Survey (based on combined 2006-2008 data). Let’s first look the overall numbers,...
by Laura | Jul 1, 2010 | Childfree Issues, Childfree Lifestyles
My first Childfree On-the-Ground Quesion Vlog! The childfree On-the-Ground question was: What is the most outrageous thing that has happened to you as a childfree person?Here’s what you said and the tee up to next month’s...
by Laura | Jun 29, 2010 | Childfree Issues, Childfree Lifestyles, Childfree/Parenthood Related
Have your heard of the sterilization procedure called Essure? It has been available for about five years now, but the word is still getting around. Essure is a much easier sterilization procedure than a tubal ligation. Check out how it works — The FDA approval...
by Laura | Jun 25, 2010 | Childfree & Sociology Topics, Childfree Media-Related, Childfree-Related Political issues
According to the San Francisco Chronicle, Senate candidate Carly Fiorina, the former CEO of Hewlett Packard, is being “heralded as …the vanguard of a new breed of ‘pro-women, pro-life’ feminists” in the mold of Sarah Palin’s conservative pro-life agenda. And she’s not...
by Laura | Jun 22, 2010 | Childfree & Sociology Topics, Childfree Lifestyles, Childfree/Parenthood Related
The news about dads isn’t always good around “their” day. This last one brought to mind the piece Time did a couple of years ago about whether dads have done a good enough job to deserve the honor of being celebrated on Father’s Day. This...
by Laura | Jun 19, 2010 | Childfree & Sociology Topics, Childfree Lifestyles, Childfree Relationship Topics, Childfree/Parenthood Related
There’s different research out there regarding marriage with and without kids and divorce. Some studies have said that childfree marriages are happier, thus more likely to go the distance. Others have indicated that marriages that include parenthood are more likely...
