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Latest Childbearing Articles

I Chose To Be Child-Free—Deal With It

I Chose To Be Child-Free—Deal With It

Mandy Lutman Mandy Lutman
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I don’t judge you for your choice of having kids, so don’t judge me for my choice of being child-free.

Stop Telling Me I Need To Have Children

Stop Telling Me I Need To Have Children

Anonymous
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I am twenty-two years old and I have decided that I will not have children. I know what you’re thinking. “Oh, she’s young, she will change her mind.” No, I won’t.

Let’s Stop Giving Women A Hard Time For Not Wanting Children

Let’s Stop Giving Women A Hard Time For Not Wanting Children

Britney Oxendine Britney Oxendine
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Don’t assume they are selfish, don’t assume they are lying to themselves, I can ensure you that they really don’t want to hear it.

You Don’t Know It Yet, But You’ll Always Be Okay In The End

You Don’t Know It Yet, But You’ll Always Be Okay In The End

Zadie Fox
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I desperately wanted to become a mother above anything else.

On Being A Woman Who Doesn’t Want Children

On Being A Woman Who Doesn’t Want Children

Brittney Helmrich
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I was 12 years old when I told my mom I didn’t want to have children.

Shame And Pride: I Placed My Mother On A Pedestal

Shame And Pride: I Placed My Mother On A Pedestal

Cynthia Meng
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Her first night in America, the land of the free, the land of limitless possibility, she slept in a Greyhound bus station.

I Don’t Want To Have Kids

I Don’t Want To Have Kids

Jayne Ricco Jayne Ricco
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Second, and maybe it’s just me, but I think the more appropriate question is “What aren’t you going do if you don’t have kids??” The answer is simple: Nothing. I am going to do everything I’ve ever wanted to do.

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