La Vie Childfree

Sharon Pian Chan of seattletimes.com recently wrote a piece on how she and her husband arrived at their decision not to have children.  Like so many childfree couples, they took the parenthood decision seriously. In her piece, she asks a number of questions that deserve elaboration… (more…)

I say here we go again because some new studies looking at happiness of those with and without children have the same problem that others have.  USA Today on three.  Check it out. (more…)

I recently ran across a taping of my appearance on the Ronn Owens talk radio show in 2001. Here we are over a decade later and still talking about the same issues related to having no children by choice. This show had callers with good questions, and Owens clearly “got” the childfree choice. Not so on other talk radio I did back then – I was called a racist, an atheist going to hell…and more!  What has changed is – (more…)

Nadia Taha wrote an excellent essay recently in the “Your Money” section of the The New York Times.  She is in her late 20s, and she and her husband are like many couples – they want to buy a house, have savings, and comfortable retirement years. They’ve decided they don’t want children. Why? They see it as the “single decision” that can best help them… (more…)