by Laura | Apr 23, 2011 | Childfree Interview-Related, Childfree Lifestyles
I am sure you’ve all seen pieces on the lives of some of the oldest people on the planet. They are generally asked, “What are the secrets to a long and healthy life?” Well, Dr. Ephraim, a rheumatologist, recently did the same for the San Francisco...
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 12, 2011 | Childfree & Sociology Topics, Childfree Lifestyles, Childfree/Parenthood Related
Rufus Griscom and Alisa Volkman, parents and creators of the parenting site, babble.com, have an interesting talk on TED about the taboos of parenting. The talk about four parenting taboos: 1) You can’t say you didn’t fall in love with your baby in the...
by Laura | Jan 9, 2011 | Childfree Issues, Childfree Lifestyles, Childfree/Parenthood Related
Lisa Hymas of Grist did a recent piece on how having no children by choice went mainstream in 2010–as much as I’d like to, I can’t agree with her. Sure, Oprah in her recent interview with Barbara Walters finally talked a bit more than in the past...
by Laura | Sep 22, 2010 | Childfree Psychology-Related
There’s been some ink out there of late on how not having kids is the greenest thing a person can do to help the planet. Less do we read how those who really want to do the green thing deal with also really wanting kids. Writer and ecological advocate Shannon...
