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Reporting Back: The August 2011 On-the-Ground Question

Reporting back on the August On-the-Ground Question–it was: What childfree stereotype have you been subjected to most in your life? Here’s what people said, and a tee up to the September question:…...

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What the Childfree and the Done At Ones Have in Common

A regular commenter here at La Vie Childfree recently wrote me about the top five bingos she has received as a “Done at One,” or DAO.   They are more related to what’s behind a lot of bingos the...

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Case In Point: Why Accepting the Childfree Choice is Still on the Uphill Climb

Last year Grist did a piece on why the childfree had finally gone mainstream.  I had to disagree. While this choice is talked about more than ever before, it’s not hit mainstream acceptance by a long...

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Aussies: Many Say No Kids By Choice, But Stigma Remains

A recent study of people with no children in Western Australia by University psychology lecturer Bronwyn Harman shows some high numbers when it comes to the choice factor. However, Dr. Harman also...

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Reporting Back: March 2010 On-the-Ground Question

Thanks to all who wrote in their thoughts regarding the March On-the-Ground (OTG) question, “How are the childfree most misunderstood?” Most comments revolved around…… the myths that the decision to be...

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A Christian’s 100+ Reasons TO Have Kids

The site, Life in a Shoe, recently did a list of reasons to have kids, in  response to lists of  reasons they have seen out there on why not to have them.  It is run by a Christian family that has 12...

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Reporting Back: August 2010 On-the-Ground Question

The August question was: Enough about the myth that the childfree are selfish because they don’t have kids. How can parents be selfish? What are signs of a selfish parent? Here is what you said and the...

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More on the Selfish Issue: How are Parents Selfish?

As I mention in the vlog on the August On-the-Ground question wrap up,  I received lots of mail from childfree and parents re the question about how parents can be selfish. Thanks again to all that...

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Crazy Childfree Myths

Bella Online’s Lori Bradley recently wrote about the most annoying questions she gets about being childfree. Two questions have to with how the childfree spend their time and boredom: “What do you do...

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Mad, Mad Myths About Those Who Opt Out of Parenthood

The last post was about mad, mad myths about parenthood—Now let’s turn to the mad, mad myths about those who don’t have kids by choice. From interviewing over a hundred couples for Families of Two,...

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