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Childfree and Loving It!

Author : Nicki Defago
Publisher : Fusion Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 264 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (2 download)

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Download or read book Childfree and Loving It! written by Nicki Defago and published by Fusion Press. This book was released on 2005 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Recording the opinions of childless women from all over the world and letting this growing band answer their detractors, this investigation looks into the world of those who choose not to have children. Interviewees speak freely and honestly about their experiences, providing readers with both the many reasons people choose to live child-free and insight into what seems to them an unhealthy amount of societal pressure to become mothers and fathers. This book also presents interviews with parents who wish they had not had children while offering their reasons for feeling regret. Concluding with a look into the workplace, this title evaluates the fairness of allowing parents shorter days and time off to accommodate children, compared to the working environment of those who have chosen to live without children.

Childfree by Choice

Author : Dr. Amy Blackstone
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1524744107
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (247 download)

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Download or read book Childfree by Choice written by Dr. Amy Blackstone and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2019-06-11 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From Dr. Amy Blackstone, childfree woman, co-creator of the blog we're {not} having a baby, and nationally recognized expert on the childfree choice, comes a definitive investigation into the history and current growing movement of adults choosing to forgo parenthood: what it means for our society, economy, environment, perceived gender roles, and legacies, and how understanding and supporting all types of families can lead to positive outcomes for parents, non-parents, and children alike. As a childfree woman, Dr. Amy Blackstone is no stranger to a wide range of negative responses when she informs people she doesn't have--nor does she want--kids: confused looks, patronizing quips, thinly veiled pity, even outright scorn and condemnation. But she is not alone in opting out when it comes to children. More people than ever are choosing to forgo parenthood, and openly discussing a choice that's still often perceived as taboo. Yet this choice, and its effects personally and culturally, are still often misunderstood. Amy Blackstone, a professor of sociology, has been studying the childfree choice since 2008, a choice she and her husband had already confidently and happily made. Using her own and others' research as well as her personal experience, Blackstone delves into the childfree movement from its conception to today, exploring gender, race, sexual orientation, politics, environmentalism, and feminism, as she strips away the misconceptions surrounding non-parents and reveals the still radical notion that support of the childfree can lead to better lives and societies for all.

Kidfree and Lovin' It! - Whether by Choice, Chance Or Circumstance

Author : Kaye D. Walters
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780986001420
Total Pages : 326 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (14 download)

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Download or read book Kidfree and Lovin' It! - Whether by Choice, Chance Or Circumstance written by Kaye D. Walters and published by . This book was released on 2012-11 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Twice as many people today are not having children than 30 years ago. In an unprecedented survey, Kaye Walters has polled over 4,000 non-parents from 59 countries to find out why--in their words--they chose not to parent, and the issues they face for not doing so. "Kidfree & Lovin' It " speaks to all types of non-parents--single or coupled, male or female--whether they are "childfree by choice," "kidfree by circumstance," "childless" or "on the fence." Here's a sampling of what's inside: - Hundreds of insightful quotes about kids, parenting and non-parenting from both the "childfree" and "childed." - A look at the reasons why people have kids, and a thorough examination of why others don't. - The Kidfree Bingo Card containing common cliche comments ("bingos") used to pressure you into procreating. - A list of creative comebacks to use when you get blindsided by one of the "bingos" mentioned above. - An exclusive list of over 260 notable non-parents from past to present--peppered with their quotes on the subject. - Dozens of resources for non-parents worldwide, including groups, websites, books and a pithy glossary of terms. "Kidfree & Lovin' It " is the most complete guide to living as a non-parent published to date.

Complete Without Kids

Author : Ellen L. Walker
Publisher : Greenleaf Book Group
ISBN 13 : 1608320731
Total Pages : 179 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (83 download)

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Download or read book Complete Without Kids written by Ellen L. Walker and published by Greenleaf Book Group. This book was released on 2011 with total page 179 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examines the rewards and challenges childfree adults face living in a world that celebrates traditional families, offering advice on how to cope with the pressure of friends and family to have children, taking advantage of leisure time, and financial considerations.

Childless by Marriage

Author : Sue Fagalde Lick
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781733685238
Total Pages : 300 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (852 download)

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Download or read book Childless by Marriage written by Sue Fagalde Lick and published by . This book was released on 2021-06 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First you marry a man who does not want children. He cheats and you divorce him. Then you marry the love of your life and find out he does not want to have children with you either. The three he has are more than enough. Although you always wanted to be a mother, you decide he is worth the sacrifice, expecting to have a long happy life together. But that's not what happens. This is the story of how a woman becomes childless by marriage and how it affects every aspect of her life. This is the book of my heart, the one I had to write. Ever since I realized I was not going to have children, I have felt recurring grief and an emptiness in my heart. I am different from most women, but I have found that I am not alone. There are many of us childless women, and I think it's important to share our stories about what it's like when you don't have children in a world where most girls grow up to become mothers. I hope this book offers comfort to those who are childless and understanding to those who are not. If it makes you smile here and there, even better.

The Baby Decision

Author : Merle Bombardieri
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780997500738
Total Pages : 335 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (7 download)

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Download or read book The Baby Decision written by Merle Bombardieri and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 335 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Are you having trouble deciding whether or not to become a parent? Are you under pressure from family and friends? Unsettled by feelings of guilt or ambivalence? Unsure whether you will regret your decision in later years? The Baby Decision offers a clear path to finding the answers to all of these questions"--Back cover.

I Love Us: a Book about Family (with Mirror and Fill-In Family Tree)

Author : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Publisher : HMH Books For Young Readers
ISBN 13 : 0358193303
Total Pages : 27 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (581 download)

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Download or read book I Love Us: a Book about Family (with Mirror and Fill-In Family Tree) written by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt and published by HMH Books For Young Readers. This book was released on 2020-03-17 with total page 27 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Celebrates the many different ways that families show their love for one another, in a text with a mirror and fill-in family tree.

Olive

Author : Emma Gannon
Publisher : Andrews McMeel Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1524869988
Total Pages : 368 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (248 download)

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Download or read book Olive written by Emma Gannon and published by Andrews McMeel Publishing. This book was released on 2021-03-09 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The debut novel about the life-changing choices we make about careers, love, friendship, and motherhood from bestselling UK author Emma Gannon. Olive is many things. Independent. Driven. Loyal. And a little bit adrift. She’s okay with still figuring it all out, navigating her world without a compass. But life comes with expectations and big choices to be made. So when her best friends’ lives branch away towards marriage and motherhood, leaving the path they’ve always followed together, she starts to question her choices—because life according to Olive looks a little bit different. Moving, memorable, and a mirror for anyone at a crossroads, OLIVE has a little bit of all of us. Told with humor and great warmth, this is a modern tale about the obstacle course of adulthood and the challenges of having—and deciding not to have—children.

I Can Barely Take Care of Myself

Author : Jen Kirkman
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1476739943
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (767 download)

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Download or read book I Can Barely Take Care of Myself written by Jen Kirkman and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2014-04-22 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discusses the author's choice to not have children and how it shapes and affects her comedy career, and provides humorous advice to those making similiar choices on how to handle friends and family pressuring them to have a child.

Southern Lady Code

Author : Helen Ellis
Publisher : Anchor
ISBN 13 : 0385543905
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (855 download)

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Download or read book Southern Lady Code written by Helen Ellis and published by Anchor. This book was released on 2019-04-16 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of essays that are "like being seated beside the most entertaining guest at a dinner party" (Atlanta Journal Constitution), from the New York Times bestselling author of American Housewives “Thank you Helen Ellis for writing down the Southern Lady Code so that others may learn.” —Ann Patchett, bestselling author of The Dutch House Helen Ellis has a mantra: “If you don't have something nice to say, say something not-so-nice in a nice way.” Say “weathered” instead of “she looks like a cake left out in the rain” and “I’m not in charge” instead of “they’re doing it wrong.” In these twenty-three raucous essays, Ellis transforms herself into a dominatrix Donna Reed to save her marriage, inadvertently steals a Burberry trench coat, avoids a neck lift, and finds a black-tie gown that gives her the confidence of a drag queen. While she may have left Alabama for New York City, Helen Ellis is clinging to her Southern accent like mayonnaise to white bread, and offering readers a hilarious, completely singular view on womanhood for both sides of the Mason-Dixon.

The Narcissism of Small Differences

Author : Michael Zadoorian
Publisher : Akashic Books
ISBN 13 : 1617758256
Total Pages : 228 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (177 download)

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Download or read book The Narcissism of Small Differences written by Michael Zadoorian and published by Akashic Books. This book was released on 2020-05-05 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A comedy of compromise thaT “brims with wit, passion and soul” from the international bestselling author of Beautiful Music (The Millions, A Most Anticipated 2020 Book). Joe Keen and Ana Urbanek have been a couple for a long time, with all the requisite lulls and temptations, yet they remain unmarried and without children, contrary to their Midwestern values (and parents’ wishes). Now on the cusp of forty, they are both working at jobs that they’re not even sure they believe in anymore, but with significantly varying returns. Ana is successful, Joe is floundering—both in limbo, caught somewhere between mainstream and alternative culture, sincerity and irony, achievement and arrested development. Set against the backdrop of bottomed-out 2009 Detroit, a once-great American city now in transition, part decaying and part striving to be reborn, The Narcissism of Small Differences is the story of an aging creative class, doomed to ask the questions: Is it possible to outgrow irony? Does not having children make you one? Is there even such a thing as selling out anymore? “While everyone is trying so hard to act normal, The Narcissism of Small Differences revels in its own weirdness.” —Ben Folds, New York Times bestselling author/singer-songwriter “In a literary landscape where most are hell-bent on outplotting their peers, Michael Zadoorian has sculpted a thriller from everyday life.” —Josh Malermann, author of Bird Box “The Narcissism of Small Differences is one of [Zadoorian’s] best. He has become an essential chronicler of the life in Detroit at the beginning of our century.” —Stateside, Michigan Public Radio

A Childfree Happily Ever After: Why More Women are Choosing Not to Have Children

Author : Tanya Williams
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780648137269
Total Pages : 202 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (372 download)

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Download or read book A Childfree Happily Ever After: Why More Women are Choosing Not to Have Children written by Tanya Williams and published by . This book was released on 2018-03-04 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With the numbers of childfree women increasing around the globe, it's time to recognise that the choice not to have children is a valid option, and childfree women are reshaping the definition of womanhood in a fundamental way. Unfortunately, they are largely misunderstood, judged, criticised and scorned. And this pressure, these expectations, can make some women feel compelled to make a decision that's wrong for them, or to put off making a decision only to change their minds later. Regardless of your choice, this is a choice that you should be allowed to make based on what you want. Having a child, or being childfree, should never be something that you do due to obligation, tradition, expectation or because all your friends are doing it. With this in mind, the goal of this book is to unveil some of the different forces that might have been turning you away from what you truly want, or diluting the strength of your inner voice, as well as to help you make a decision that's right for you.

Selfish, Shallow, and Self-Absorbed

Author : Meghan Daum
Publisher : Picador
ISBN 13 : 1250052947
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (5 download)

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Download or read book Selfish, Shallow, and Self-Absorbed written by Meghan Daum and published by Picador. This book was released on 2015-03-31 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: SIXTEEN LITERARY LUMINARIES ON THE CONTROVERSIAL SUBJECT OF BEING CHILDLESS BY CHOICE, COLLECTED IN ONE FASCINATING ANTHOLOGY One of the main topics of cultural conversation during the last decade was the supposed "fertility crisis," and whether modern women could figure out a way to have it all-a successful, demanding career and the required 2.3 children-before their biological clock stopped ticking. Now, however, conversation has turned to whether it's necessary to have it all (see Anne-Marie Slaughter) or, perhaps more controversial, whether children are really a requirement for a fulfilling life. The idea that some women and men prefer not to have children is often met with sharp criticism and incredulity by the public and mainstream media. In this provocative and controversial collection of essays, curated by writer Meghan Daum, sixteen acclaimed writers explain why they have chosen to eschew parenthood. Contributors include Lionel Shriver, Sigrid Nunez, Kate Christiensen, Elliott Holt, Geoff Dyer, and Tim Kreider, among others, who will give a unique perspective on the overwhelming cultural pressure of parenthood. Selfish, Shallow, and Self-Absorbed makes a thoughtful and passionate case for why parenthood is not the only path in life, taking our parent-centric, kid-fixated, baby-bump-patrolling culture to task in the process. What emerges is a more nuanced, diverse view of what it means to live a full, satisfying life.

Loving Every Child

Author : Janusz Korczak
Publisher : Algonquin Books
ISBN 13 : 9781565124899
Total Pages : 100 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (248 download)

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Download or read book Loving Every Child written by Janusz Korczak and published by Algonquin Books. This book was released on 2007-01-01 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The wisdom, understanding, and advice of the late Polish educator, physician, and child advocate come together in a gift volume for parents that includes one hundred quotations and excerpts from Korczak's writings that explain how to care for, respect, and love every child.

No Thanks

Author : Keturah Kendrick
Publisher : She Writes Press
ISBN 13 : 1631525360
Total Pages : 145 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (315 download)

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Download or read book No Thanks written by Keturah Kendrick and published by She Writes Press. This book was released on 2019-06-18 with total page 145 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Through eight humorous essays, Keturah Kendrick chronicles her journey to freedom. She shares the stories of other women who have freed themselves from the narrow definition of what makes a “proper woman.” Spotlighting the cultural bullying that dictates women must become mothers to the expectation that one’s spiritual path follow the traditions of previous generations, Kendrick imagines a world where black women make life choices that center on their needs and desires. She also examines the rising trend of women choosing to remain single and explores how such a choice is the antithesis to the trope of the sorrowful black woman who cannot find a man to grant her the prize of legal partnership. A mixture of memoir and cultural critique, No Thanks uses wit and insight to paint a picture of the twenty-first-century black woman who has unchained herself from what she is supposed to be. A black woman who has given herself permission to be whomever she wants to be.

Living the Life Unexpected

Author : Jody Day
Publisher : Pan Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 150980904X
Total Pages : 296 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (98 download)

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Download or read book Living the Life Unexpected written by Jody Day and published by Pan Macmillan. This book was released on 2016-02-25 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ‘The book to recommend to patients when they face coming to terms with unavoidable childlessness.' – British Medical Journal In Living the Life Unexpected, Jody Day addresses the experience of involuntary childlessness and provides a powerful, practical guide to help those negotiating a future without children come to terms with their grief; a grief that is only just beginning to be recognized by society. This friendly, practical, humorous and honest guide from one of the world’s most respected names in childless support offers compassion and understanding and shows how it’s possible to move towards a creative, happy, meaningful and fulfilling future – even if it’s not the one you had planned. Millions of people are now living a life without children, almost double that of a generation ago and the numbers are rising still. Although some are childfree by choice, many others are childless due to infertility or circumstance and are struggling to come to terms with their uncertain future. Although most people think that those without children either 'couldn't' or 'didn't want’ to be parents, the truth is much more complex. Jody Day was forty-four when she realized that her quest to be a mother was at an end. She presumed that she was through the toughest part, but over the next couple of years she was hit by waves of grief, despair and isolation. Eventually she found her way and in 2011 created Gateway Women, the global friendship and support network for childless women which has now helped almost two million people worldwide. This edition, previously titled Rocking the Life Unexpected, has been extensively revised and updated, with significant additional content and case studies from forty involuntarily childless people (mostly women) from around the world.

Childfree After Infertility

Author : Heather Wardell
Publisher : iUniverse
ISBN 13 : 0595274382
Total Pages : 84 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (952 download)

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Download or read book Childfree After Infertility written by Heather Wardell and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2003-04-20 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There are many books on infertility, and on being childfree. Childfree After Infertility: Moving from Childlessness to a Joyous Life puts the two together, focusing solely on the formerly infertile, and how they have created happy, childfree lives. Including the stories of many who have made this transition, the book shows the infertile man or woman that it is possible to put infertility aside, and choose to live childfree, not childless. The book's upbeat tone leads the reader through what can be a difficult transition with grace and humour. Infertility can be devastating, affecting all facets of life. Readers of Childfree After Infertility will learn how their infertility has affected their lives, and how choosing to release their infertility and become childfree can open up a vast array of possibilities and opportunities that might never have existed had they remained childless.