by Laura | Aug 27, 2010 | Childfree Issues, Childfree Lifestyles, Childfree/Parenthood Related
Chad Skelton has done another piecein the Curious Dad section of the Vancouver Sun. This time it’s on reasons childfree might be on to something. His reasons re why the childfree might be “right”: 1) there isn’t strong evidence that having...
by Laura | Jul 28, 2010 | Childfree Issues, Childfree Lifestyles
How being childless by choice and childless “not” by choice has often been differentiated by the latter meaning the woman or couple cannot biologically have children. But not all think so. Take Po Bronson, author of Nutureshock. At his website,he has a section called...
by Laura | Jun 22, 2010 | Childfree & Sociology Topics, Childfree Lifestyles, Childfree/Parenthood Related
The news about dads isn’t always good around “their” day. This last one brought to mind the piece Time did a couple of years ago about whether dads have done a good enough job to deserve the honor of being celebrated on Father’s Day. This...
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 | Jun 16, 2010 | Childfree & Sociology Topics, Childfree Issues, Childfree Lifestyles, Childfree Research-related, Childfree/Parenthood Related
Last Sunday’s New York Times had an interesting article by Patricia Cohen—“Long Road to Adulthood is Growing Even Longer.” It talks about how “young adulthood has undergone a profound shift.” According to Frank Furstenberg, of the Foundation Research Network on...