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 | Apr 17, 2011 | Childfree Issues, Childfree Research-related, Childfree/Parenthood Related
Bryan Caplan, author of Selfish Reasons to Have Kids, may think that because parenting can be easier than you think so you shouldn’t hesitate to keep having more kids, but is more necessarily better when it comes to creating the “perfect” family?...
by Laura | Jan 15, 2011 | Childfree Interview-Related, Childfree Issues, Childfree Lifestyles
I recently reconnected with Erin and Jeff, one of the couples interviewed in Families of Two. They also appeared on The Early Show with me. At the time Families of Two came out, they had been married for 12 years–so now 22. They are both teachers. I asked them a...
by Laura | Jun 7, 2010 | Baby Matrix related
On May 25th Cardinal Angelo Bagnasco, archbishop of Genoa, President of the Italian Episcopal Conference, addressed fellow Italian bishops at the 61st plenary assembly and called Italy’s declining birthrate “slow demographic suicide.” “Over 50% of...
by Laura | May 17, 2010 | Childfree Issues, Childfree Lifestyles, Childfree Media-Related, Childfree Relationship Topics, Childfree/Parenthood Related
On to the second area from Alison Cameron’s article, “Do children really make us happy? Alison Cameron compares parenthood with a childfree life” in The Sun Herald. Like the Money topic from the last post, first you’ll see the quoted content from Cameron’s article...
