by Laura | Feb 21, 2012 | Childfree & Religious Topics, Childfree & Sociology Topics, Childfree Media-Related, Childfree-Related Political issues
The San Francisco Chronicle had an informative editorial on Obama’s recent contraceptive mandate. Brian Cahill, former executive director of Catholic Charities of San Francisco, thinks that the Obama administration’s “recent compromise” was an...
by Laura | Feb 17, 2012 | Childfree & Sociology Topics, Childfree Psychology-Related, Childfree/Parenthood Related
As many childfree and parents know, there is an art to friendships where one person has children and the other does not-by choice. These friendships all too often have their challenges. But what about friendships in which one person is having no problem having...
by Laura | Feb 10, 2012 | Childfree & Sociology Topics, Childfree Lifestyles, Childfree Research-related
Pew Research Center has a new survey report out that details the impact of the recent recession on the attitudes of a generation of mostly 20- and 30-somethings. Check it out.. Some of the results include: In 2004, about 50 percent of those ages 18 to 34 rated their...
by Laura | Feb 7, 2012 | Childfree Issues
Time magazine has had an interesting article about “The Upside of Being an Introvert.” The article did not speak to it, but reading it brought to mind how some childfree hypothesize that there are more introverts than extraverts who are childfree. In my...
by Laura | Feb 3, 2012 | Childfree & Sociology Topics, Childfree/Parenthood Related
One of my favorite article sleuths sent me this to me – “Come Cry With Me.” There’s been a lot of ink out there about the perils of being on planes with parents, babies and children, bantering between many parents and those want family...
by Laura | Jan 31, 2012 | Childfree Issues, Childfree Lifestyles
The January On-the-Ground question was: If you knew as a child you’d grow up to be childfree, how did you know so early in life? Here’s what you said: The February question is: How has being childfree had the most positive impact on your life? What do you...
by Laura | Jan 27, 2012 | Childfree & Sociology Topics, Childfree Issues, Childfree Media-Related, Childfree/Parenthood Related
The San Francisco Chronicle recently had an interesting piece on Facebook’s Chief Operating Officer (COO), Sheryl Sandberg. Named Forbes magazine 5th most powerful woman in the world… …and Fortune’s 12th most powerful women in business,...
by Laura | Jan 24, 2012 | Childfree & Sociology Topics, Childfree Lifestyles, Childfree Media-Related
A recent article in TIME magazine, “The 1% Birth. Why baby Beyonces are little profit center for hospitals” struck me as an example of the power of pronatalism. Why? Birth is big business…and particularly “luxe” birth. Get this. As the...
by Laura | Jan 20, 2012 | Childfree Issues
Reading “The Grief of Childlessness” by Samantha Schoech got me thinking about how we’ve come to commonly define “childless “and “childless by circumstance.” Who are the childless? Typically we are talking about those who...
by Laura | Jan 17, 2012 | Childfree Lifestyles
I am on a road trip down the California coast, and one of the towns I visited for the first time in years is worthy of mention as a place you’re not likely to share your visit with many kids… Carmel. What a charming little town, and one of the best little...
