by Laura | Mar 24, 2011 | Childfree Issues, Childfree Lifestyles, Childfree/Parenthood Related
Pew Research Center recently put out some interesting numbers regarding Generation Y-ers, or the “Millennial Generation,” those ages 18-29. Here’s some highlights: Millennials are “slower to marry” than previous generations. About 1 in 5...
by Laura | Mar 17, 2011 | Childfree & Sociology Topics, Childfree/Parenthood Related
Scientists at Newcastle University have developed a new cloning technique called “three parent invitro fertilization (IVF).” It involves fixing malfunctioning mitochondrial DNA during the IVF fertilization process. How this works is rather amazing yet...
by Laura | Mar 14, 2011 | Childfree & Sociology Topics, Childfree Book-Related, Childfree/Parenthood Related
I’m always on the look out for books with characters with no children by choice, not just for their childfree status, but more how their characters contribute to the story. One of this blog’s childfree-related article sleuths was kind enough to write...
by Laura | Mar 7, 2011 | Childfree Issues, Childfree Lifestyles, Childfree/Parenthood Related
Match.com recently funded a study of what TIME magazine says might “be the biggest study of single people ever.” They may have paid for it, but Helen Fisher at Rutgers University, Stephanie Coontz at Binghamton University and an independent company...
by Laura | Feb 21, 2011 | Childfree Psychology-Related, Childfree/Parenthood Related
Wray Herbert, author of On Second Thought: Outsmarting Your Mind’s Hard-Wired Habits, has an interesting explanation why even though “study after study has shown that parents, compared to adults without kids experience lower emotional well-being, have...
by Laura | Jan 27, 2011 | Childfree Issues, Childfree Lifestyles, Childfree/Parenthood Related
There have been a number of segments on national TV on women not having children by choice, and childfree married couples, but this is the first… I’ve seen on childfree guys only. The Today Show did a piece about a guy who had vasectomy in his twenties. I...
