by Laura | Oct 31, 2019 | Childfree Lifestyles, Laura's La Vie Childfree Writings Library
I sure remember loving Halloween when I was a kid. I loved figuring out my costume and carving a scary pumpkin.I had no clue of the roots of this holiday, and I bet that’s the case for most kids today. Of course I loved being able to run around the neighborhood...
by Laura | Jun 13, 2019 | Social-Cultural Issues
Continuing from Part I, “How Forced Birth Laws Reflect One Belief about When Human Life Begins,” we need to talk more – and loudly – about the nightmarish costs that will come as a result of these laws. Looking to Romania We can look to Romania for...
by Laura | Jun 7, 2019 | Social-Cultural Issues
This is Part I of II on discussion of issues behind and impacts of forced birth laws: With the recent wave of anti-abortion laws in America as a clear attempt of anti-abortion proponents to reverse Roe v. Wade, kudos to the public radio program, Here & Now, for...
by Laura | Jun 1, 2019 | Childfree-Related Political issues, Laura's La Vie Childfree Writings Library
Rebecca Traister’s recent piece on The Cut, “Our Fury Over Abortion Was Dismissed for Decades As Hysterical,” hits hard and directly as what we must do to fight for our reproductive rights in this time of aggressive abortion ban attempts, which ultimately seek to...
by Laura | May 11, 2019 | Childfree/Parenthood Related, Laura's La Vie Childfree Writings Library, Pronatalism
As Mother’s Day rolls around each year, I find myself of mixed minds. Don’t get me wrong; even more since she passed in late 2017, I love my mother and would celebrate her and how she raised my brother and me any day of the week. But as a childfree person, I...
by Laura | May 10, 2019 | On a Personal Note
As those close to me know, since late 2017 I’ve had big challenges and change in my life. After seven years of dealing with my mother’s descent into Alzheimer’s, near the end of 2017 she fell and passed away shortly after. Four months later, in the midst of a...
by Laura | Apr 11, 2019 | Childfree-Related, Childfree/Parenthood Related, Laura's La Vie Childfree Writings Library
Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s recent statement about young people having a “legitimate question – is it OK to still have children” in a world amidst climate change sure created a flurry of commentary and articles. But when the topic made USA Today (print...
by Laura | Feb 8, 2019 | Baby Matrix related, Man Swarm Related, Population Issues, Pronatalism, Social-Cultural Issues
In The Washington Free Beacon’s recent article, “American Fertility Hits Historical Low: Economist blames culture of caution” Charles Fain Lehman lays out some new data on falling birth rates in America. According to new data from the Centers for Disease...
by Laura | Jan 9, 2019 | Social-Cultural Issues
A recent Pew Research Center survey with 4581 respondents has interesting results for those with no children: -37% of respondents under 50 years old with no children “say they don’t ever expect to become parents.” -23% of respondents under 50 years old with no...
by Laura | Dec 31, 2018 | On a Personal Note
May 2019 be your best year yet!
