by Laura | Oct 27, 2011 | Childfree & Sociology Topics, Childfree-Related Political issues
In a recent piece on Ms. Magazine’s blog, Holly Derr asked some provocative questions for anti-abortion Presidential candidates. I too would love to hear their answers to these questions, and actually from anyone who is anti-choice. Here they are. If abortion...
by Laura | Sep 26, 2011 | Childfree Issues, Childfree Media-Related, Childfree-Related Political issues
Julia Gillard has taken some heat for not having children by choice, and now it’s her sex life that is being satirized. In a recent segment on the Australian comedy show At Home With Julia, there is a controversial scene in which the Gillard character and her...
by Laura | Sep 15, 2011 | Childfree & Sociology Topics, Childfree Issues, Childfree Lifestyles, Childfree/Parenthood Related
Earlier this year I posted on some initial findings from recent research conducted by Center for Work Life Policy on the Gen X generation. One area it looked at was the kid factor. Check out some of the findings on this score and how Sylvia Ann Hewlett, the founding...
by Laura | Aug 8, 2011 | Childfree & Sociology Topics, Childfree Issues, Childfree Lifestyles
In addition to meeting Orna Donath as part of being interviewed on Israel’s only online childfree forum, “Women Who Don’t Want Children,” I met Anat, a delightful Israeli woman who has monitored this forum for the last five years. I just had to ask her for...
by Laura | Jul 21, 2011 | Childfree Book-Related, Childfree Interview-Related, Childfree Issues
I recently had the pleasure of being asked to be a guest on the childfree online forum in Israel called, “Women Who Don’t Want Children.” As part of this experience, I had the opportunity to meet Orna Donath, an author of a recently released book,...