by Laura | Mar 7, 2011 | Childfree Issues, Childfree Lifestyles, Childfree/Parenthood Related
Match.com recently funded a study of what TIME magazine says might “be the biggest study of single people ever.” They may have paid for it, but Helen Fisher at Rutgers University, Stephanie Coontz at Binghamton University and an independent company...
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 | Jul 15, 2010 | Childfree & Sociology Topics, Childfree Issues, Childfree Lifestyles, Childfree Research-related, Childfree/Parenthood Related
And the last area from Pew Research’s latest study on women and childlessness: Comparing childless women with those who have borne children. The study looked at differences in marriage, education, and race. “There are dramatic differences by marital...
by Laura | Jun 19, 2010 | Childfree & Sociology Topics, Childfree Lifestyles, Childfree Relationship Topics, Childfree/Parenthood Related
There’s different research out there regarding marriage with and without kids and divorce. Some studies have said that childfree marriages are happier, thus more likely to go the distance. Others have indicated that marriages that include parenthood are more likely...
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...
