by Laura | Dec 1, 2010 | Childfree Issues, Childfree/Parenthood Related, Laura's La Vie Childfree Writings Library
The November question: Who has been least accepting of you not wanting...
by Laura | Nov 28, 2010 | Childfree Book-Related, Childfree Interview-Related
Where are the characters in novels that have no children by choice? They’re out there. Take novelist JoAnne Soper-Cook. This is one of her books on the left -but more on her in a minute. The review of British author P.D. James by Lori Bradley of BellaOnline inspired...
by Laura | Nov 22, 2010 | Childfree/Parenthood Related
Earlier this year parentdish did a piece on a childfree/parent contested topic: if you don’t have kids can you give parents advice? Well, out of the blocks I have to say that I operate from the principle on advice in general–don’t give it unless...
by Laura | Nov 18, 2010 | Childfree Issues, Childfree Psychology-Related, Childfree/Parenthood Related
I recently had an exchange with a woman who wrote in response to this month’s On-the-Ground Question: Who has been least accepting of you not wanting kids? She said that she’d have to say her infertile friends. She has wanted kids, has been in the process...
by Laura | Nov 15, 2010 | Childfree & Sociology Topics, Childfree Research-related, Childfree/Parenthood Related
Here’s more from the U.S. Census newly released report, “Fertility of American Women.” Data was collected from three million households in 2008. My last post spoke to data on women with no children. Here are some numbers I found interesting regarding women who...
by Laura | Nov 11, 2010 | Childfree & Sociology Topics, Childfree Issues, Childfree Research-related
The U.S. Census released a new report this month, “Fertility of American Women.” It used data collected from American women in 2008. It looks at fertility patterns from a number of different angles, but I want to start with data on women with no children. I’ll do a...
by Laura | Nov 8, 2010 | Childfree-Related Political issues
Ms Magazine does a good summary of how pro-choice did in the election. Pro-choice suffered some big losses but there is a twist: First, the big pro-reproductive rights losses: Replacement of pro-choice Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), pro-choice Democratic leadership...
by Laura | Nov 4, 2010 | Childfree-Related Political issues
In September I wrote about pro-life women candidates running in the mid term elections. How did they do? On pro-life female Senate candidates… Senate candidate Christine O’Donnell lost to pro-choice Chris Coons in Delaware. Senate candidate Carly Fiorina,...
by Laura | Nov 1, 2010 | Childfree Issues, Childfree Lifestyles
The October On-the-Ground question was: The childfree are often asked “Who will be there for you when you are old if you have no children?” What is your answer? How do you envision your support system in your later years? Here’s a summary of what you...
by Laura | Oct 29, 2010 | Childfree Media-Related, Childfree-Related Political issues
Postscript to my last two posts that I just have to pass on–thanks to a visitor of this blog who sent me an article by Ruth Marcus, Washington Post columnist on Mary Fallin pulling the mommy card with Jari Askins. Both are running for governor in Oklahoma. I...
