Childfree news roundup
Links to recent news stories that will be of interest to unparents:
A new review of Baby Not on Board in the Cleaveland Plain Dealer!
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Troubling piece in the Hartford Courant on one childfree couple's difficulty planning their estate. Seems their nephew was asking for a piece of the pie before the couple was even dead. As those who've read my book know, I'm a firm believer in being a cool aunt or uncle, but there's definitely such a thing as being too cool and if doling out your hard-earned cash before you've kicked the bucket to your nephews and nieces doesn't qualify, then I don't know what does!
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Maureen Dowd's fascinating essay on feminism's successes and (more so) failures, points out an interesting statistic:
Sylvia Ann Hewlett, an economist and the author of "Creating a Life: Professional Women and the Quest for Children," a book published in 2002, conducted a survey and found that 55 percent of 35-year-old career women were childless. And among corporate executives who earn $100,000 or more, she said, 49 percent of the women did not have children, compared with only 19 percent of the men.
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In BNOB terminology, we call these gals Career Champs:
Why struggle to juggle career and family? For you, true balance is picking one and sticking with it--and youv'e opted for the one that pays. Your resume will never be stained with grape juice or maternity leave. Your annual presentation to the board of directors will not be marred by Johnny's drawings of turtle turds, nor will your ascent to the top be interrupted by teh need to go pump breast milk in the women's restroom.
Lastly, the Fort Wayne, Indiana News-Sentinal weighs in on the fact that more and more educated women living in industrialized nations are choosing not to have kids. As one expert explained: "Children are no longer an economic asset - to work the farm, for example. 'In fact, you could argue they are an economic liability.'"
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A new review of Baby Not on Board in the Cleaveland Plain Dealer!
[[LINK]]
Troubling piece in the Hartford Courant on one childfree couple's difficulty planning their estate. Seems their nephew was asking for a piece of the pie before the couple was even dead. As those who've read my book know, I'm a firm believer in being a cool aunt or uncle, but there's definitely such a thing as being too cool and if doling out your hard-earned cash before you've kicked the bucket to your nephews and nieces doesn't qualify, then I don't know what does!
[[LINK]]
Maureen Dowd's fascinating essay on feminism's successes and (more so) failures, points out an interesting statistic:
Sylvia Ann Hewlett, an economist and the author of "Creating a Life: Professional Women and the Quest for Children," a book published in 2002, conducted a survey and found that 55 percent of 35-year-old career women were childless. And among corporate executives who earn $100,000 or more, she said, 49 percent of the women did not have children, compared with only 19 percent of the men.
[[LINK]]
In BNOB terminology, we call these gals Career Champs:
Why struggle to juggle career and family? For you, true balance is picking one and sticking with it--and youv'e opted for the one that pays. Your resume will never be stained with grape juice or maternity leave. Your annual presentation to the board of directors will not be marred by Johnny's drawings of turtle turds, nor will your ascent to the top be interrupted by teh need to go pump breast milk in the women's restroom.
Lastly, the Fort Wayne, Indiana News-Sentinal weighs in on the fact that more and more educated women living in industrialized nations are choosing not to have kids. As one expert explained: "Children are no longer an economic asset - to work the farm, for example. 'In fact, you could argue they are an economic liability.'"
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