by Laura | Jan 31, 2013 | Childfree Issues, Childfree Research-related, Childfree/Parenthood Related
Let’s broadening the happiness question from my last post to meaning and purpose in life. I began to delve into this earlier in my career, when I had a job counseling people who had been laid off from their jobs. What I learned from this experience became the...
by Laura | Jan 17, 2013 | Childfree & Sociology Topics, Childfree Research-related, Childfree-Related Political issues
This month marks the 40th anniversary of the Supreme Court’s Roe v. Wade ruling, and TIME’s recent article, “What Choice? Abortion-rights activists won an epic victory in Roe v Wade. They’ve been losing every since” makes some disturbing...
by Laura | Jan 7, 2013 | Childfree & Sociology Topics, Childfree Issues, Childfree Research-related
I’ve been tracking the childfree choice since the late 1990’s, and at the end of 2012 I posted a short poll to take an informal pulse on people’s views of its acceptance in today’s society. Thanks again to all of those who weighed in! Here is what I asked, and a...
by Laura | Dec 1, 2012 | Childfree Issues, Childfree Lifestyles, Childfree Relationship Topics
Nadia Taha wrote an excellent essay recently in the “Your Money” section of the The New York Times. She is in her late 20s, and she and her husband are like many couples – they want to buy a house, have savings, and comfortable retirement years....
by Laura | Feb 10, 2012 | Childfree & Sociology Topics, Childfree Lifestyles, Childfree Research-related
Pew Research Center has a new survey report out that details the impact of the recent recession on the attitudes of a generation of mostly 20- and 30-somethings. Check it out.. Some of the results include: In 2004, about 50 percent of those ages 18 to 34 rated their...