by Laura | May 17, 2010 | Childfree Issues, Childfree Lifestyles, Childfree Media-Related, Childfree Relationship Topics, Childfree/Parenthood Related
On to the second area from Alison Cameron’s article, “Do children really make us happy? Alison Cameron compares parenthood with a childfree life” in The Sun Herald. Like the Money topic from the last post, first you’ll see the quoted content from Cameron’s article...
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 | May 3, 2010 | Childfree Issues, Childfree Research-related
Thanks for all the responses to the April On-the-Ground question: What studies would you like to see about the childfree? Three response themes stuck out: 1. More data on the overall numbers People want to know more about the real numbers of childfree. The census...
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 26, 2010 | Childfree Issues, Childfree Research-related
I spoke at the annual No Kidding! convention in Houston this last weekend (Founder Jerry Steinberg is on your left). No Kidding is an international social club for childfree couples and singles. Many thanks to Amanda Vermillion of the Houston No Kidding!...
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 20, 2010 | Childfree Issues, Childfree Lifestyles, Childfree/Parenthood Related
Staying on the theme of you younger adults with dollops of childfree wisdom, I ran across this video by Courtney. While she could use a tripod, she is “fired up” about exchange between a mother and her 13 year daughter. Check it out- She reads the...
by Laura | Apr 16, 2010 | Childfree Issues, Childfree Lifestyles, Childfree/Parenthood Related
I get lots of emails from 20 somethings who have lots of questions about the parenthood decision or who have made up their minds they don’t want the parent lifestyle, and are getting pressures from others. I also get lots of wisdom. 20 somethings wisdom is out...
