Childfree: What’s The Most Annoying Bingo You’ve Had?

May 21, 2011

Childfree “bingoes.” They range from mildly irritating to downright insulting. We aim to avoid them but it’s almost impossible. They seem to come at us when we are unprepared – so no short sweet answers are at the ready. Until afterwards when it is too late and you are thinking “Grrr I wish I had [...]

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Childfree – So How Professional is it to Permanently Bring Your Kids to Work?

May 17, 2011

In other words, inflict them on your clientele, whoever they may be.
This status was on my Facebook News Feed today and it was from a Business Woman and Entrepreneurs page:
“Love having a business where I can bring my 5yo with me to just about every business event…she’s my little budding entrepreneur…”
Seriously?
And last week [...]

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childfree – How Do You Feel About Mother’s Day?

May 9, 2011

Yesterday was mother’s day. We all have mothers and I had a very happy day celebrating mother’s day with my MIL yesterday. In England mother’s day is in March so I celebrated my mum’s then.
But how do you feel from a childfree perspective? We all have mothers who I believe in most cases we [...]

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Childfree: So Are We, Deep Down, Feeling We Missed Out on Having Children?

April 28, 2011

The comment below was left on an older post by a (I am  assuming)  a childed person on a childfree blog. Said person has quite a firm belief about some childfree people, which is, quote:
I firmly believe that some childfree people out there, deep down inside, feel they missed out on an element of life [...]

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Childfree – What Think You of the Baby and Child Social Updates?

April 18, 2011

Baby avatars, baby updates, kid updates, baby and kid photos on a daily basis and lots more parent updates. If you are on Facebook there is no way to escape them.
While childfree blogs are a place to exchnge with like-minded childfree folk. Facebook – not so much.
Most of us have friends who have kids, some [...]

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Childfree – What’s Next? Reproductive Healthcare Under Increasing Threat

April 8, 2011

This was in my Facebook news feed today and something well worth sharing. Everyone should be concerned but the childfree especially because from where I sit the continued attack on Planned Parenthood continues. The subtext seems pretty clear to me – cut funding to anything that helps or supports contraception. Because without contraception all those [...]

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Childfree… Do you Happily Give up Your Seat to Pregnant Women?

April 4, 2011

On my Facebook newsfeed today. Someone was complaining that she had to stand on the bus while she was pregnant coming home from work with the bus doing about 90km. The woman bemoaned the loss of manners and courtesy – and said that parents should teach their children respect – including standing up and giving [...]

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Do You Think Childfree Conversations Leave Out Childfree Men?

March 25, 2011

And if so why is this? It’s been said that men don’t get pressured to have kids…is this true? I’m not sure it is.
I know my single guys friends are forever being asked “when are going to settle down (and have kids)? ” Code for “when are you going to realize your life of [...]

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Do You Feel The Need to Defend Your Childfree Life?

March 24, 2011

If so why? It’s the 21st century and everyone lives and let lives. Right? Or not so much?
These days I find it easier to simply side-step any long-drawn out conversation about kids and parenting. What about you? Does it depend on how long you’ve been comfortable being childfree? Or is there more to it than that?
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If Missing out on Motherhood is a “Result” of “Fanatical Feminism” Has Anything Changed?

March 6, 2011

Hello folks,
Blogging about the life Childfree hasn’t really been at the top of my agenda for the past few months. There just hasn’t been the time. My dancing school is growing and is more and more fun and to be frank I don’t have that much time to think about child free-ness. But that doesn’t [...]

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