Guest Blog by Kristina Marinelli. I’m child-free-not-childless, it’s a decision I made in my pre-teens; I quit expressing my desire to be child-free after many negative comments by multiple people or the “Child-Free Bingo.” I’m now in my thirties and my stance on not being a mom is stronger than ever. 27-yrs.-old was the last […]
Guest Blog by Sean Mzwandile Sibanda 2020 for all its intended purposes and events has been nothing short of dramatic and memorable for me. I had known for a long time that I didn’t want kids but as a man based in sub-Saharan Africa, you are expected to embrace fatherhood and be a ‘provider’ even […]
The 2nd Sat in May is officially National Dog Mum Day. Yeh! If people with kids can celebrate their life choice, why can’t I celebrate mine? After all, that is what Mother’s Day is – a life choice! More and more women are choosing to become fur parents than child parents for many reasons. The […]
I am lucky to be surrounded with supportive friends. I wouldn’t have it any other way and anyone who wasn’t supportive is no longer in my life. I have friends with kids and friends without. Many of my lifelong friends have children and I have always been supportive of their choices and celebrated with them. […]
The world is obviously a different place right now, a place nobody expected to see in their lifetime. I would argue that one of the biggest changes many people are dealing with revolves around all of the changes and responsibilities that deal with children. As a childfree woman, this posed a lot of thoughts and […]
‘Don’t worry you’ll change your mind when you meet Mr. Right’. If I had a dollar for every time I’ve heard this pearl of wisdom throughout the years. I’ve known for quite some time that I don’t want to have children. It’s a decision I’ve made that works for me and I stand by it. […]
It is a beautiful day for the last day of March. The sun is bright and warm, so proud and generous in a blue and cloudless sky, to the great delight of the feline members of our household. Daylight savings time just happened in our part of the world this past weekend, closely following the […]
Much of the conversation about permanent solutions that allow us to not have kids are focused on women. However, more and more men, are choosing to have a vasectomy as they choose to live a childfree life. I asked Caleb Norris to share his story with me. We are connected on Instagram and he is […]
My decision to be childfree hasn’t always been clear cut. Before I got married, my husband and I talked about having children many times. Each conversation always ended the same way, we would have children “someday.” We were never specific on when, and every time we talked about it, I felt like neither one of […]
Subtle judgments and outward expressions of criticism can crush a woman’s spirit to a point they feel like they don’t belong. In my personal experience, I have felt oppressed, left-out, and judged more by women than by men. To date, only two men have questioned my decision to decline motherhood. One was about 90-years old […]