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 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...
by Laura | Jun 16, 2010 | Childfree & Sociology Topics, Childfree Issues, Childfree Lifestyles, Childfree Research-related, Childfree/Parenthood Related
Last Sunday’s New York Times had an interesting article by Patricia Cohen—“Long Road to Adulthood is Growing Even Longer.” It talks about how “young adulthood has undergone a profound shift.” According to Frank Furstenberg, of the Foundation Research Network on...
by Laura | Jun 13, 2010 | Childfree Psychology-Related, Childfree/Parenthood Related
On the other side of the Italian catholic church and government thinking their declining population is a crisis, are the members of a group that think a declining population is just what we need..in fact, they think the best thing for humans to do is to stop...
by Laura | Jun 10, 2010 | Childfree Issues, Childfree Lifestyles, Childfree Media-Related, Childfree/Parenthood Related
Lisa Hymas of grist.org did a post on how Sex and the City is the greenest movie of the year because the lead character Carrie, even though she does not realize it, exemplifies a greenish lifestyle — she has no car, does not travel much, and most importantly...
