by Laura | Apr 29, 2011 | Childfree & Sociology Topics, Childfree/Parenthood Related
An unsettling segment called “Mothers of Unplanned Consequences” was recently on abc. The media is doing quite a pronatalist number on young women, and the young moms are the ones who end up paying quite the price. Groups of young women agree to get...
by Laura | Apr 5, 2011 | Childfree & Sociology Topics, Childfree-Related Political issues
The recent number of proposed anti-abortion bills is alarming. Not only does the House want to go after all funding for Planned Parenthood even though by law no government funds can be used for abortions services already, but… some state lawmakers are...
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 10, 2011 | Childfree & Sociology Topics, Childfree-Related Political issues
There is a lot out there on the gender equality issue in politics and business, including the issue that there aren’t enough women, moms or not, in high level positions. Headline Italy—it seems the sex scandal with Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has inspired a move...
by Laura | Jan 12, 2011 | Childfree & Sociology Topics, Childfree Lifestyles, Childfree/Parenthood Related
Rufus Griscom and Alisa Volkman, parents and creators of the parenting site, babble.com, have an interesting talk on TED about the taboos of parenting. The talk about four parenting taboos: 1) You can’t say you didn’t fall in love with your baby in the...