by Laura | May 14, 2012 | Childfree Issues, Childfree Lifestyles, Childfree/Parenthood Related
In the book, 30 Lessons For Living:Tried and True Advice from the Wisest Americans, author Karl Pillemer tells us what he learned from surveys and interviews of over 1500 of elder Americans, 65 and older. He calls them our “experts.” He ends with a section...
by Laura | Mar 20, 2012 | Population Issues
One of the many ways being childfree has been criticized relates to how it contributes to falling birthrates. Some experts think that low birthrates are not good for the future of countries, or the world, for that matter. Why? Because there will be too many old...
by Laura | Mar 13, 2012 | Childfree & Sociology Topics, Childfree Lifestyles
In the same edition of TIME as the article on living alone as “the new norm,” there’s another one that got me thinking about childfree applications. This one is on “niche aging.” Fast forward to your retirement (ok, that might seem far...
by Laura | Jan 20, 2012 | Childfree Issues
Reading “The Grief of Childlessness” by Samantha Schoech got me thinking about how we’ve come to commonly define “childless “and “childless by circumstance.” Who are the childless? Typically we are talking about those who...
by Laura | Sep 29, 2011 | Baby Matrix related, Pronatalism
I think the better question is, Why is the “baby-having drive” of some people at midlife so strong? Part of the answer is related to a quote early in the article; 54 year old John says to 47 year old Ann: “You have the body of a young girl. You need...
