A Chinese Reader’s Take on Families of Two & The Baby Matrix

by Laura | Nov 18, 2015 | Childfree Book-Related, Pronatalism

I recently received an e-letter from someone in China (who wishes to remain anonymous) who read my books, Families of Two and The Baby Matrix. With permission to share it, here are candid thoughts and insightful commentary on being childfree in China and its...

International Childfree Day, Three Years Running

by Laura | Aug 5, 2015 | Childfree Events

Last weekend on August 1st marked the third year of celebrating International Childfree Day and awarding the Childfree Man and Woman of the Year. How did it start? While running my blog, La Vie Childfree (which now lives here) , learning of an organization called the...

July 11, 2015 is World Population Day

by Laura | Jul 8, 2015 | Baby Matrix related, Population Issues

World Population Day is coming up; it’s an annual event observed on July 11, and seeks to raise awareness of global population issues. The event was established by the Governing Council of the United Nations Development Programme in 1989. It was inspired by the...

Selfish, Shallow and Self-Absorbed

by Laura | Mar 31, 2015

As someone who has been tracking the childfree choice since the late 1990s, when new books on this topic come out I read them with great interest. One of the latest is writer Meghan Daum’s Selfish, Shallow and Self-Absorbed: Sixteen Writers on the Decision NOT...

The Baby Matrix in College Coursework: Interview with Kimya Dennis, Ph.D. Part II

by Laura | Feb 4, 2015 | Baby Matrix related, Childfree/Parenthood Related, Pronatalism

Last fall, I posted my interview with Kimya Dennis, Assistant Professor at Salem College, who was teaching the sociology course, The Childfree, and using my book, The Baby Matrix, as part of the curriculum. Now that the course is over, I asked her a few more questions...