Newsday article providing advice to the childfree
Newsday writer Pat Burson's latest article provides great advice to the childfree, including some from yours truly:
If you choose to be child-free, expect a lot of questions - and, in some cases, hostility - from family members, friends and strangers who don't understand or embrace your decision, the experts say.
"There's so little in our culture that supports people who choose not the have kids," says Jennifer L. Shawne, a San Francisco-based writer and author of "Baby Not on Board: A Celebration of Life Without Kids," (Chronicle Books, $14.95). Her book includes pages of humorous illustrations depicting life with and without kids and cheeky advice, ranging from coping with OPCs (other people's children) to finding appropriate "child substitutes." (She and her husband have two cats.)"
People who have made this decision need to pat themselves on the back for making a very tough decision," says Shawne, 32, who is married and child-free. "Be open about it and celebrate."
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If you choose to be child-free, expect a lot of questions - and, in some cases, hostility - from family members, friends and strangers who don't understand or embrace your decision, the experts say.
"There's so little in our culture that supports people who choose not the have kids," says Jennifer L. Shawne, a San Francisco-based writer and author of "Baby Not on Board: A Celebration of Life Without Kids," (Chronicle Books, $14.95). Her book includes pages of humorous illustrations depicting life with and without kids and cheeky advice, ranging from coping with OPCs (other people's children) to finding appropriate "child substitutes." (She and her husband have two cats.)"
People who have made this decision need to pat themselves on the back for making a very tough decision," says Shawne, 32, who is married and child-free. "Be open about it and celebrate."
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