by Laura | Nov 2, 2017 | Social-Cultural Issues
A recent study in the Social Psychology Quarterly looks at long-term marriages and has some interesting results to ponder. A summary of findings include: Married women over 50 rate the quality of their marriages lower than their husbands do. In this study, on a...
by Laura | Mar 15, 2017 | Pronatalism
Pew Research Center’s FactTank: News in the Numbers recently published, “5 facts on love and marriage in America.” There are some interesting figures. The first fact has to do with the top reason Americans say they marry. Where does having children rank? Check it out....
by Laura | May 21, 2014 | On a Personal Note
Have you seen the recently released book, Kid Me Not: An Anthology by Childfree Women of the 60s Now in their 60s. Is that a clever book idea or what. And the life accounts in it give readers a good look into a generation of women making the childfree choice at a...
by Laura | Oct 18, 2013 | Baby Matrix related
As I discuss in The Baby Matrix, since the year 2000 more research has been conducted on those with no children than ever before. Studies have been conducted in many countries in a variety of areas. One area in which there has been a good deal of research involves...
by Laura | Jan 27, 2012 | Childfree & Sociology Topics, Childfree Issues, Childfree Media-Related, Childfree/Parenthood Related
The San Francisco Chronicle recently had an interesting piece on Facebook’s Chief Operating Officer (COO), Sheryl Sandberg. Named Forbes magazine 5th most powerful woman in the world… …and Fortune’s 12th most powerful women in business,...