by Laura | Dec 18, 2025 | Childfree & Sociology Topics, Laura's La Vie Childfree Writings Library
As 2025 winds down, it’s time for my annual Childfree Trending post! I started this in 2016 as a way to look back on a given year. Here are three highlights that stand out for me in 2025. The Pronatalism ‘Movement’ In the last two year’s Childfree Trending...
by Laura | Dec 30, 2024 | Childfree & Sociology Topics, Laura's La Vie Childfree Writings Library
It’s time for my annual childfree trending post! I am calling this year’s theme, ‘sprouting’. Why? We’ve seen some sprouting of good and bad trends this year. Let’s start with the bad. Problematic Sprouting The sprouting of pronatalist discussion grew a bit from...
by Laura | Dec 15, 2023 | Childfree & Sociology Topics, Childfree Media-Related, Laura's La Vie Childfree Writings Library
It’s the time of year to talk childfree trending for 2023! Two big themes that stick out for me this year: Continued Expansion As I have commented in previous childfree trending pieces, the amount of ink, print and digital, on a range of childfree-related topics has...
by Laura | Dec 19, 2022 | Childfree & Sociology Topics, Laura's La Vie Childfree Writings Library
For my annual Childfree Trending piece, this year I want to focus on one of the leading trends I have observed in 2022: a notable increase in childfree people as a collective being referred to as “the childfree movement.” So, for 2022, the fifth year of...
by Laura | Apr 21, 2022 | Childfree & Sociology Topics, Childfree Interview-Related, Childfree Lifestyles, Childfree-Related, Laura's La Vie Childfree Writings Library
Davinia Thornley, a colleague of mine, has a book that just came out: Childfree across the Disciplines: Academic & Activist Perspectives on Not Choosing Children. I had the pleasure of interviewing her about the book: What inspired you to do this collection of...
by Laura | May 7, 2021 | Childfree & Sociology Topics, Laura's La Vie Childfree Writings Library, Social-Cultural Issues
As we approach Mother’s Day this year in the U.S., I am inspired to quote childfree icon, Gloria Steinem. Her 2016 Facebook post is right on: I’ve been thinking about Mother’s Day, and why I and others, who are not mothers, identify with this day just as much as...
