by Laura | Sep 12, 2011 | Childfree & Sociology Topics, Childfree Issues, Childfree Lifestyles
In addition to today’s trends of the Chinese seeing parenthood as a choice, the recent article on the childfree in China also spoke to how “Dogs are the new bundles of joy for some childless families, giving rise to a new phenomenon known as ding chong,...
by Laura | Sep 8, 2011 | Childfree Issues, Childfree Lifestyles, Childfree Relationship Topics
Time magazine recently did an interesting article on the latest on married couples’ “chore wars.” The gist: for couples with and without children, there is more of a domestic chore balance than ever before. Why? Research from the Pew Research...
by Laura | Sep 5, 2011 | Population Issues
There are some interesting trends going on in China. For a country that has had the one child per couple law for about 30 years now, it may be moving toward a time when they don’t need this kind of law anymore. LA Times journalist David Pierson explains… “Economic and...
by Laura | Sep 1, 2011 | Childfree & Sociology Topics, Childfree Issues
Reporting back on the August On-the-Ground Question–it was: What childfree stereotype have you been subjected to most in your life? Here’s what people said, and a tee up to the September question:
by Laura | Aug 22, 2011 | Childfree Issues, Childfree Lifestyles
Any childfree person should know about sociologist Jean Veevers. She was a pioneer in the study of the childfree, or “voluntary childlessness” as it was called back then. Even in the 70s, she was writing about how the voluntary childless was a...
