by Laura | Dec 22, 2009 | Childfree Issues, Childfree/Parenthood Related
A colleague passed me this piece by Jessica Handler the My Turn section of Newsweek earlier this year, “I Won’t Roll the Biological Dice.” Ms. Handler decided not to have children because she knew she had a 67% chance of passing on an illness that...
by Laura | Dec 17, 2009 | Childfree Research-related, Childfree/Parenthood Related
The Huffington Post’s Laura Stepp did a piece about a Guttmacher Institute survey of 1,800 18-29-year-olds, that showed 53 percent of men and 52 percent of women said that “if circumstances allowed it, they would love to have a baby right now.” ...
by Laura | Dec 3, 2009 | Childfree Issues, Childfree/Parenthood Related
The last post was about mad, mad myths about parenthood—Now let’s turn to the mad, mad myths about those who don’t have kids by choice. From interviewing over a hundred couples for Families of Two, here are my top, top four: First, the biggest I heard then and what...
by Laura | Nov 30, 2009 | Childfree Media-Related, Childfree/Parenthood Related
Did you see the article that appeared recently on marieclaire.com by Abigail Pesta – “To Breed or Not to Breed”? In the article she discusses myths about parenthood. They include: All women have a maternal instinct. Parenting makes you a better person....
by Laura | Nov 26, 2009 | Childfree Issues, Childfree Lifestyles, Childfree Relationship Topics, Childfree/Parenthood Related
If you could be a fly on the wall at a lunch with a group of 30-something women, I bet one of the hottest topics of discussion you would hear them talk about is whether they are going to have children. More women than not do some serious laboring over this decision....
