by Laura | Feb 11, 2010 | Childfree Issues, Childfree Lifestyles, Childfree Relationship Topics, Childfree/Parenthood Related
I have just returned from a trip with dear girlfriends. What a treasure to have close girlfriends! Mine are a combination of childfree women and moms. On the heels of the trip, I’m inspired to say a few words about friendships that do not have children in common: One...
by Laura | Feb 8, 2010 | Childfree Interview-Related, Childfree Issues
On Bella Online’s Married No Kids Site, Lori Bradley interviews a childfree colleague, who talks about his decision, relations with friends, workplace issues and more. The piece brought to mind things I’ve learned from childfree men in developing Families...
by Laura | Feb 4, 2010 | Childfree Issues, Childfree Lifestyles
In interviewing couples for Families of Two, I met couples with a wide array of lifestyles. A few couples had serious goals to change their lifestyle at a certain age, and retire early. One couple –a neonatalogist (doc that works with premature babies) and a...
by Laura | Feb 2, 2010 | Childfree Research-related, Childfree/Parenthood Related
It does not seem fair to just do a post on the biological urge and the ticking clock for women without also including guys…Do men experience any kind of “urge” that is similar to what many women talk about? I went looking for research on this. There is lots of...
by Laura | Jan 30, 2010 | Childfree Interview-Related, Childfree Issues, Childfree/Parenthood Related
Oregon Public Broadcasting’s Think Out Loud Show did a piece on “As We Are: Childfree.” Tiffany Lee Brown, a writer and artist, was a guest on the show, and told an interesting story about her experience of the biological clock. She decided not to have children...
by Laura | Jan 25, 2010 | Childfree Book-Related, Childfree Issues, Childfree Lifestyles, Childfree Relationship Topics
Elizabeth Gilbert, author of the popular Eat Pray Love, has a new book out, Committed: A Skeptic Makes Peace with Marriage. Like the couple I wrote about in my last post on Dr. Phil, in Committed Gilbert speaks to her genuine lack of desire to have a child: ” …...
