Childfree=Narcissist? Authors of The Narcissism Epidemic Would Likely Disagree
Tom Wolfe famously proclaimed the 70’s “The Me Decade.” In 1979 Christopher Lasch’s The Culture of Narcissism became an unexpected…
On the Childfree Making the Cover of TIME
So last Thursday was a big day. The latest issue of Time magazine debuted (the Aug. 12 edition) the cover title, “The Childfree Life,” and “None is Enough,” as the issue’s feature article. On the same day, August 1st, International Childfree Day, the winners of the...
The Winners! The 2013 Childfree Woman & Man of the Year
Today, on International Childfree Day, the sponsors would like to announce the 2013 Childfree Man & Woman of the Year! Thanks to all who sent in great nominations for this award. Here are the winners: Childfree Woman of the Year: Jennifer Thorpe-Moscon ...
Tips on Being Your Own Best Editor
In our personal or professional lives, there is no substitute for having excellent writing skills. However, just as important are editing skills. If you imagine creating a sculpture, writing gives the sculpture form. Editing, on the other hand, perfects it into its...
Just Out: One & Only by Lauren Sandler
Journalist and author Lauren Sandler (pictured) recently interviewed me about pronatalism and The Baby Matrix. Today her book, One & Only came out. We talked a lot about the pronatalist myths that the childfree and those with one child have in common—the biggest?...
Confessions of a Childfree Woman
Confessions of a Childfree Woman fills a needed niche of nonfiction writings on having no children by choice. Marcia Drut-Davis’ memoir gives us an up close and personal story from who we don’t hear enough from in the childfree community – the elder childfree. And she...
The Baby Matrix and The Pronatalist Marriage Assumption
With the Supreme Court taking on same-sex marriage (or will they-we shall see), marriage traditionalists have been out there touting the old notion that the purpose of marriage is ultimately about procreation. Old, indeed. And just no longer true. Even marriage...
On the Advantages the Childfree Have For Parents and Kids
There remains the popular stereotype that the childfree must not like kids, and because we choose not to raise children we don’t want them to play a role in our lives. This is just not true for so many people who don’t have kids by choice. As associate professor and sociology department chair at the University of Maine Amy Blackstone writes in her piece, “Childless & Loving It: Not Being a Parent Has Advantages For Families & Kids” the childfree have an “important role to play in the lives of children.” Her interview research lines up with what I have found, starting with the fact that many childfree would say they “enjoy the company of children.”
Using Humor to Squelch, Not Reinforce Childfree Stereotypes
When I first saw the title of Jen Kirkman’s new book, I Can Barely Take Care of Myself: Tales From a Happy Life Without Kids, I sighed. On the upside, I loved the idea that there was a new book out by a great female comedian who was childfree. Following the...