by Laura | May 14, 2010 | Childfree & Sociology Topics, Childfree Issues, Childfree Lifestyles, Childfree Psychology-Related, Childfree/Parenthood Related
A contributor to this blog forwarded an article to me recently that appeared in Sydney, Australia’s, The Sun Herald. It did not appear online. It’s titled, “Do children really make us happy? Alison Cameron compares parenthood with a childfree life.” Author Alison...
by Laura | May 11, 2010 | Childfree & Sociology Topics, Childfree Issues, Childfree Media-Related, Childfree Relationship Topics
Ironically, the Pill turned 50 on Mother’s Day. According to an article in last weekend’s edition of USA Today, the FDA approved the pill in the first year of the “swingin sixties.” However, it clears up misconceptions that the pill did not...
by Laura | May 6, 2010 | Childfree & Sociology Topics, Childfree Issues, Childfree Research-related
According to 2009 census figures, for the first time women are just as likely as men to have completed college and to have an advanced degree. Women represent about half of those in the U.S. who have a master’s degree or higher, largely due to more women...
by Laura | Apr 29, 2010 | Childfree & Sociology Topics, Childfree Issues, Childfree Lifestyles
The April 23rd edition of USA Today had the article, “Generation Y faces some steep financial hurdles.” Also known as the Millennial Generation, they include the more than 50 million born from the 1980s to 2000. According to the article, they may be best...
by Laura | Apr 22, 2010 | Childfree & Sociology Topics, Childfree Media-Related
In a previous post I wrote about Lisa Hymas, senior editor at grist, who wrote about the value of being childfree from an environmental perspective. She also did a great interview on MSNBC this week. In part she talks about what childfree have been talking about for...
by Laura | Apr 1, 2010 | Childfree & Sociology Topics, Childfree Lifestyles, Childfree Research-related
The upper parliament in India passed a remarkable and historic bill recently—1/3 of all legislative seats need to be filled by women. The world’s largest democracy, it guarantees seats for women in the national legislature and state assemblies. The bill still needs to...
