How to decide to have children or remain child-free
How to decide to have children (or not) “Our society is largely pronatalist whereby the unspoken expectation is that we...
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Gina Rushton on writing The Most Important Job in the World
It’s a question that leads to a chapter about work which highlights the impossible juggle of maintaining a career while...
Why don’t women talk about whether they might regret having children?
Child-free women like myself often feel apprehensive about sharing their decision with others, and for good reason. This deeply personal...
I am child-free and I don’t need to be ‘fixed’
I am child-free by choice. There is nothing wrong me. I’m not broken. I’m not mentally scarred. I’m not traumatised...
Child-free by choice: Success isn’t defined by motherhood
We have all experienced it. Celebrations around children and their lives are everywhere. Not only are there traditional baby showers...
My decision to be child-free is not a reflection on your choice to be a mum
I have many friends with children. Most of my childhood and lifelong friends started having kids in their late twenties....
Let’s banish the word ‘selfish’ from the child-free conversation
When we think of the word selfish and how it is applied, we need to understand that different rules apply....
Trust your decision to remain child-free
To my younger self, One of the biggest decisions you made that impacted your life was the choice to not...
Why I’m child-free: I didn’t want my mother’s life
Don’t judge me based on the somewhat shocking title. I love my mum very much, but I knew at a...
The unspoken bias that child-free working women face
The 40-hour work week was designed for men who had a wife at home to maintain the household and raise...
