by Laura | Apr 12, 2018 | Childfree Relationship Topics, Laura's La Vie Childfree Writings Library
As Vicki Larson, author of The New “I Do”, was reading Avivah Wittenberg-Cox’s Late Love: Mating in Maturity, she noticed that when the author talks about her “gray divorce” – her divorce after 22 years of marriage, “one thing kept...
by Laura | Feb 22, 2018 | Childfree-Related, Childfree/Parenthood Related, Laura's La Vie Childfree Writings Library
With the rise in articles and posts about being childfree these days, I especially appreciate those that give good summaries of the childfree decision. Take the recent post, “Why Many Millennials Have Decided To Be Childfree (And That’s Okay)” by Liz Greene on...
by Laura | Feb 14, 2018 | Childfree Events, Childfree Lifestyles, Laura's La Vie Childfree Writings Library
Valentine’s Day brings to mind one of the many bennies of being in a childfree relationship: because the childfree don’t have kids, they have more time to devote to their relationships. So when Valentine’s Day rolls around, my partner and I often...
by Laura | Jan 30, 2018 | Childfree & Sociology Topics, Laura's La Vie Childfree Writings Library
At the beginning of January, some interesting ‘not having children’ numbers came out regarding women in their 40s. This Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) table gives a succinct summary: % of women in their 40s not having...
by Laura | Jul 26, 2017 | Childfree-Related, Laura's La Vie Childfree Writings Library
The recent piece, “Do You Have Kids,” by Jeannette Cooperman on projects.stlmag.com in part lays out what “14 women of various races, careers, backgrounds, and belief systems, all married or as-good-as, with the resources to raise a child should they choose to”...