Reporting Back:January 2011 On-the-Ground Question
The January question: What childfree and related topics would you like to learn more about and discuss on this blog in 2011? Check out what people said: The February question: Childfree dating: What...
View ArticleThe Real Deal on DINKs and Money
By now, most people have heard of the term “DINKs,” or “double income no kids.” The term started to be more commonly used about a decade ago. When it comes to the “income” part, couples with no kids...
View ArticleReporting 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:…...
View ArticleAre the Childfree More Likely to be Left Out of Wills?
A recent Dear Abby I ran across, “Childless Grandchild Left Out of Will,” got me thinking about the childfree, wills and inheritance. Here are 3 reasons why the childfree might not make it into wills:...
View ArticleWhat Is One Single Decision to Reaching Long-term Financial Goals? The...
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,...
View ArticleCan a Recession Actually Save Marriages?
Sociologist Philip Cohen doesn’t think the evidence is there. He challenges a part of a study by the National Marriage Project in his post on the Huffington Post, Is the Recession Really Saving...
View ArticleItaly’s Low Birthrates=Demographic Suicide?
On May 25th Cardinal Angelo Bagnasco, archbishop of Genoa, President of the Italian Episcopal Conference, addressed fellow Italian bishops at the 61st plenary assembly and called Italy’s declining...
View ArticleWho Should Pay More Taxes–Parents or Childfree?
The question whether those with no children should pay the same taxes as parents in our society can generate quite the debate. Childfreedom recently did an interesting poll about whether the childfree...
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