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 | May 29, 2010 | Childfree & Sociology Topics, Childfree Issues, Childfree Lifestyles
On President Obama’s Supreme Court nominee, Elena Kagan–First let me say that if our society truly believed that parenthood was an OPTION in life the ludicrous discussion out there of late would not need to occur…Mothers and fathers wishing Kagan was...
by Laura | May 26, 2010 | Childfree & Sociology Topics, Childfree Issues, Childfree Lifestyles, Childfree Psychology-Related, Childfree/Parenthood Related
And last, the fifth area from Alison Cameron’s article, “Do children really make us happy? Alison Cameron compares parenthood with a childfree life” from Sydney Australia’s, The Sun Herald. The last one: Sense of Purpose. From the article: Everyone needs meaning in...
by Laura | May 20, 2010 | Childfree & Sociology Topics, Childfree Issues, Childfree Lifestyles, Childfree/Parenthood Related
Now for the third area from Alison Cameron’s article, “Do children really make us happy? Alison Cameron compares parenthood with a childfree life” from The Sun Herald. Like the two posts before this one, first you’ll see the quoted content from Cameron’s article. ...
