by Laura | Dec 17, 2009 | Childfree Research-related, Childfree/Parenthood Related
The Huffington Post’s Laura Stepp did a piece about a Guttmacher Institute survey of 1,800 18-29-year-olds, that showed 53 percent of men and 52 percent of women said that “if circumstances allowed it, they would love to have a baby right now.” ...
by Laura | Dec 14, 2009 | Childfree Lifestyles, Childfree Media-Related
I was just in Zihuatanejo, Mexico (pictured) for several days. At the local market you see many women running the produce, poultry and meat stalls. There and just walking the streets—all over—you see so many young women who are already mothers, some already with...
by Laura | Dec 10, 2009 | Childfree Issues, Childfree Lifestyles, Childfree Relationship Topics
When I decided to do Families of Two I will never forget my mother’s (that’s her on the right in this photo; on the left is my late grandmother) initial reaction. She told me she was not going to tell any of her friends what I was doing. I asked her...
by Laura | Dec 7, 2009 | Childfree & Sociology Topics, Childfree Media-Related
For awhile now, in the tabloids and popular magazines that follow the stars, so much of what we’ve seen has to do with who is pregnant, who is having another child, and slews of pictures of Hollywood babies, babies, and more babies! Then just recently Ah! we...
by Laura | Dec 3, 2009 | Childfree Issues, Childfree/Parenthood Related
The last post was about mad, mad myths about parenthood—Now let’s turn to the mad, mad myths about those who don’t have kids by choice. From interviewing over a hundred couples for Families of Two, here are my top, top four: First, the biggest I heard then and what...
by Laura | Nov 30, 2009 | Childfree Media-Related, Childfree/Parenthood Related
Did you see the article that appeared recently on marieclaire.com by Abigail Pesta – “To Breed or Not to Breed”? In the article she discusses myths about parenthood. They include: All women have a maternal instinct. Parenting makes you a better person....
by Laura | Nov 26, 2009 | Childfree Issues, Childfree Lifestyles, Childfree Relationship Topics, Childfree/Parenthood Related
If you could be a fly on the wall at a lunch with a group of 30-something women, I bet one of the hottest topics of discussion you would hear them talk about is whether they are going to have children. More women than not do some serious laboring over this decision....
