Childfree researcher and documentary maker seeking subjects
A writer in Roanoke County named Laura Scott is documenting childfree couples for a book and film project.
Here's an interesting snippet from the article about her project:
Many assume that couples remain childless so they can sleep late on Saturdays or dine out whenever they want. According to Scott's research, those freedoms may be the benefits of being childless but they're not the primary motivators.
Many of the voluntarily childless say they lack maternal/paternal instincts and believe that it's morally wrong to risk a pregnancy if they're not able to happily welcome a child into their lives.
Scott's interviewees underscored the research of Westminster College sociologist Kristin Park, whose studies show that people who are childless by choice tend to be primarily white and college-educated, in high-income brackets and more unconventional than most. Couples who choose to remain child-free have also reported the highest levels of marital satisfaction among all couples.
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Here's an interesting snippet from the article about her project:
Many assume that couples remain childless so they can sleep late on Saturdays or dine out whenever they want. According to Scott's research, those freedoms may be the benefits of being childless but they're not the primary motivators.
Many of the voluntarily childless say they lack maternal/paternal instincts and believe that it's morally wrong to risk a pregnancy if they're not able to happily welcome a child into their lives.
Scott's interviewees underscored the research of Westminster College sociologist Kristin Park, whose studies show that people who are childless by choice tend to be primarily white and college-educated, in high-income brackets and more unconventional than most. Couples who choose to remain child-free have also reported the highest levels of marital satisfaction among all couples.
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3 Comments:
Ooh, this is very good! All the key points covered, including 'you'll be lonely when you're old'.
I especially liked the researcher's comment "We're not assimilating childless couples into our social fabric very well". Hear, hear.
I am somewhat in reverse. I had one chld (now 26 years Old) and was swept along with the preconception that Motherhood was an overwhelming feeling once you had given birth. Deep down I did notever think of myself as mother material. Well I was right - motherhood did not come naturally and my relationship broke up with my child being raised with my ex and grandparents. I spent much of my life as a bit of outcast. If I had not gone with flow of having children is what women are here for life would have been better for a lot of people round me
Wow, that last commenter was so deeply honest. I cannot wait to see what wisdom Laura's film and book reveal.
BTW, I am proud to say she is a fellow contributor on the Purple Women team blog. The more I read, the more I come into contact (online or in person) with other women like me the better I feel about my status and identity as a childfree woman.
This is a great blog and I have added it to my sidebar! I also have a copy of the book.
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