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...
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...
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...
Journalist Laura Stepp has an interesting piece on teen pregnancy on The Huffington Post. The good news: teen pregnancy is down. The bad news: disturbing stats that don’t jive with this reduction. In late 2009, The National Campaign to Prevent Teen and...
What a great piece by Lisa Hymas on grist.com. When it comes to being childfree, she calls herself a GINK: green inclinations, no kids. May it replace the term that’s been out there for awhile– DINK: double income no kids. About 10 years ago, DINK was...
Thanks to all who wrote in their thoughts regarding the March On-the-Ground (OTG) question, “How are the childfree most misunderstood?” Most comments revolved around…… the myths that the decision to be childfree is selfish, and that it must mean we don’t...
The upper parliament in India passed a remarkable and historic bill recently—1/3 of all legislative seats need to be filled by women. The world’s largest democracy, it guarantees seats for women in the national legislature and state assemblies. The bill still needs to...
Some research suggests that the childfree tend not to be religious people (I have seen lots who are however)–When it comes to the recent pedophilia scandal in the Catholic church I can see why..I’ve been an “ex-Catholic” for years. Among many...
Anna Carey wrote a great piece in the Irish Independent about “PANKs” – Professional Aunts No Kids. No more is the image of childless aunties as “fussy ol ladies” — we’re a happening bunch that play an important role in children’s...
Reading an Australian childless by choice article I ran across something for the first time. Sexologist and associate professor of health psychology at James Cook University, Dr Frances Quirk thinks a reason many of us don’t feel our raison d’être is to pump out...
