by Laura | Apr 29, 2011 | Childfree & Sociology Topics, Childfree/Parenthood Related
An unsettling segment called “Mothers of Unplanned Consequences” was recently on abc. The media is doing quite a pronatalist number on young women, and the young moms are the ones who end up paying quite the price. Groups of young women agree to get...
by Laura | Mar 14, 2011 | Childfree & Sociology Topics, Childfree Book-Related, Childfree/Parenthood Related
I’m always on the look out for books with characters with no children by choice, not just for their childfree status, but more how their characters contribute to the story. One of this blog’s childfree-related article sleuths was kind enough to write...
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 18, 2011 | Childfree Issues
Childfree Piper Hoffman has a thought-provoking post. While she sees the many “pros” of not having kids, she writes a forthcoming piece about some of the “cons” she feels… The first are more objective in nature–she does not any...
by Laura | Dec 22, 2010 | Childfree Issues, Childfree Lifestyles, Childfree/Parenthood Related
Childfree-parent friendships can have their challenges, but this time of year can bring special kinds of challenges. Obviously, the childfree don’t do the Santa thing with their kids, but the parents do. There can be expectations of gifts and attending parties with...
