by Laura | Apr 12, 2011 | Childfree Lifestyles, Childfree Relationship Topics, Childfree/Parenthood Related
The WSJ.com asked me to respond to Bryan Caplan’s piece, “Twin Lessons: Have More Kids. Pay Less Attention to Them.” He has a new book out, Selfish Reasons to Have More Kids. Even the title gets me going! Now, he does discuss some...
by Laura | Feb 21, 2011 | Childfree Psychology-Related, Childfree/Parenthood Related
Wray Herbert, author of On Second Thought: Outsmarting Your Mind’s Hard-Wired Habits, has an interesting explanation why even though “study after study has shown that parents, compared to adults without kids experience lower emotional well-being, have...
by Laura | Jan 30, 2011 | Childfree Interview-Related, Childfree Issues, Childfree Lifestyles
There is an interesting new e-magazine out there for guys: The Good Men Project. The editors describe what they are about: “We suppose we are difficult magazine to categorize, and that’s exactly how we like it. We’re not interested in… …telling men...
by Laura | Jul 18, 2010 | Childfree & Sociology Topics, Childfree Lifestyles, Childfree Research-related, Childfree/Parenthood Related
Studies tell us that those with kids are less happy than those without. They tell us that mothers are less happy than fathers, that single parents are less happy still, that babies and toddlers are the hardest, and that each successive child produces diminishing...
by Laura | Jun 22, 2010 | Childfree & Sociology Topics, Childfree Lifestyles, Childfree/Parenthood Related
The news about dads isn’t always good around “their” day. This last one brought to mind the piece Time did a couple of years ago about whether dads have done a good enough job to deserve the honor of being celebrated on Father’s Day. This...
