Blog Profile / The Childless by Choice Project
| URL : | http://childlessbychoiceproject.blogspot.com/ | |
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| Filed Under: | Lifestyle Choices / Child-Free | |
| Posts on Regator: | 21 | |
| Posts / Week: | 0.2 | |
| Archived Since: | August 28, 2011 | |
Blog Post Archive
Why are (Most) Successful Women in the USA Childless?
A recent blog post published in The Huffington Post attempts to explain why (most) successful women in the USA are childless. While the author Kristen Houghton doesn't cover all the reasons why this appears to be true, she does make an important point: to succeed, you need to focus on what you want without distraction. Show More Summary
Mother Speaks About Her Regret Over Agreeing to Have Two Children She Didn’t Want
Because the source is the UK's Daily Mail, I am not sure this "first person account" attributed to Isabella Dutton is entirely true as they have a tendency at this paper to misquote for effect. However, this article is making the rounds of the childfree blogs and creating quite a stir. Show More Summary
A Norwegian study on Well-being and Childlessness Challenges the Myths
Recently, a team of researchers looked at the relative psychological well-being of parents and those who remained childless and this is what they found: Contrary to popular beliefs, having children doesn’t increase the overall quality of life – not even in old age. Show More Summary
Stop the Fear: Childless Women Not to Blame for Outdated Economic Models
Amanda Marcotte, a writer/blogger for Slate magazine, hits the mark in her post titled America Is Doomed Unless Women Start Having More Babies. How Convenient.She notes the curious trend of blaming childless women for any number of challenges that we will face, globally, as a result of an aging demographic. Show More Summary
Lowest Birth Rate Ever! What Didn’t Get Reported…
When the National Center for Health Statistics reported the lowest birthrate ever recorded in the US in 2011 many media outlets went into alarmist mode with this new data. An example of this is the editorializing done by Jeff JacobyShow More Summary
We Can’t Agree on Kids So We’re Breaking Up
Disagreement over kids or no kids can be a deal-breaker for couples. It doesn’t always have to be sad. So I love the fun and creative way this couple announced their breakup. Their music video is honest, raw, and playful. Kudos to them for having the courage to follow their dreams after five years of partnership!
Essure—Laura Scott Talks to Dr. Carrie Panoff about the Non-surgical Alternative to Tubal Ligation
I was invited by the public relations team representing Essure, a non-surgical, hormone- free permanent birth control procedure, to do a Q&A with Dr. Carrie Panoff, an OB/GYN in Rockland County, New York who has been doing this procedure for four years. Show More Summary
Childless by Choice with Kids
More than a few times I have been contacted by someone I had interviewed for the Childless by Choice Project who has emailed to say “Hey, I've just become a stepmom (or foster parent), am I still in the club?” I always respond with a...Show More Summary
“The Planet Doesn't Need Your Babies”
So says Caitlin Moran, a comedian, feminist, and mother of two, in her book How To Be a Woman. Lisa Hymas writing for Grist.org highlights some of Moran’s funniest entreaties for those who are thinking of having kids.If you take a moment...Show More Summary
The Impact of Kids on IQ
When I do posts like this one, I feel like I am preaching to the Choir. I know through my research for the Childless by Choice Project that some of you are well aware of these costs and that awareness may be one of the reasons why you chose not to have kids. Show More Summary
Brave New Label
I recently got an email from Pamela S. who is about to turn 45 years old. Pamela’s an early articulator who knew at the age of eight that she didn’t want children but she has never truly adopted the terms childless by choice or childfree. Show More Summary
How the Childless and Childfree are Transforming Neighborhoods
I was recently interviewed by Marilyn Lewis, a reporter for MSN, who wanted to know what the childless and childfree wanted in terms of neighborhoods. The resulting article titled Grownupville: Neighborhoods for the New Childless Majority...Show More Summary
Do Our Favorite Toys Suggest an Inclination Towards Voluntary Childlessness?
When I was doing my interviews for the Childless by Choice Project, I came across more than a few women who said they knew they were different at an early age because unlike their little girlfriends they were not pushing little prams...Show More Summary
Why are We Still Fighting over Birth Control?
Recent outrages and political skirmishes over birth control access in the USA have opened up a dialogue about why we are still fighting over the right to have access to effective birth control 50 years after the birth control pill was...Show More Summary
I Don’t Want Children. Am I a Freak?
This great blog post from Gala has been making the rounds on the Two Is Enough and Childless by Choice Project facebook pages and has been so well received that I felt compelled to share it with you, my dear blog readers, as I am certain...Show More Summary
“Unnatural and Undervalued”: Childless in Australia
The title of this recently published article out of Australia pretty well sums up the findings around the stigma and perception of childlessness: ‘Unnatural’, ‘Unwomanly’, ‘Uncreditable’ and ‘Undervalued’: The Significance of Being a Childless Woman in Australian Society. Show More Summary
Are Childless Woman Untrustworthy as Workmates?
A 2009 article titled “Why bosses are right to distrust women who don't want children... by a VERY outspoken mother (and ex-boss)” that appeared in the UK’s Daily Mail and was recently posted on the Childless by Choice Project facebook...Show More Summary
Sitcom Childfree Women at Odds with Reality
Jessica Grose, writing for Slate wrote an excellent article titled Child-free on TV about the childfree characters on some of our favorite situation comedy shows. Grose points out that these characters tend to exhibit masculine traits...Show More Summary
“I’ve never felt clucky”- a Childfree Perspective from Down Under
I laughed when I read this article by Shelly Horton in the Sydney Morning Herald. Outside of the term “Clucky” —which I’ve never heard used before and I assume must be short hand for “mother hen” in Australia— so much of what HortonShow More Summary
The Childess by Choice Project on Campus
When I started screening rough cuts of The Childless by Choice Project documentary to people I would usually be approached at the end of the film by a person with the comment, "This film needs to be shown in schools." Well I am happy to say that now that the film is finished and is about to be launched into the world that day has finally come. Show More Summary