True or False?
This from Dr. Joyce Brothers' column. Is the following true or false?
Couples who've made the decision not to have children rarely last, and when they do, the relationship is rarely happy.
Answer:
FALSE. Studies indicate that many childless couples are, in some senses, unusually happy and in enduring relationships, often because such couples tend to have common interests as well as economic advantages.
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And if you're thinking that having kids is on the rise (how can you not when all your friends seem to be popping them out with wild abandon?), then check this out:
A childless existence is common and expected of the gays, especially gay men. For all our talk about assimilation, this is still the one quality that separates us from almost every other aspect of humanity. Instead of children, we enjoy the extra spending money and decorate the house with expensive photography, take more trips to Belize and get dogs. It's a fact that makes me feel uncomfortably separate from the world. That's why I like living in our building. Because at least in our building, we're all people who haven't found the space in our lives (quite literally) for a child.
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Lastly, but not leastly, the folks over at Dual Income No Kids just emailed me the results from their last two surveys:
Couples who've made the decision not to have children rarely last, and when they do, the relationship is rarely happy.
Answer:
FALSE. Studies indicate that many childless couples are, in some senses, unusually happy and in enduring relationships, often because such couples tend to have common interests as well as economic advantages.
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And if you're thinking that having kids is on the rise (how can you not when all your friends seem to be popping them out with wild abandon?), then check this out:
You go to school, get a job, marry and then spend the best years of your adult life raising a family.
If so, you are part of a declining trend.
What was a typical lifestyle in the United States — when "Leave it to Beaver" was a prime-time hit — is becoming less common, and less rewarding, according to the annual report of The National Marriage Project, located at Rutgers University.
"Child rearing is no longer the defining experience of adult life," according to Barbara Dafoe Whitehead, co-director of the project and co-author with David Popenoe of the annual report on "The Social Health of Marriage in America."
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Read the whole report in all its vindicating glory here.
A childless existence is common and expected of the gays, especially gay men. For all our talk about assimilation, this is still the one quality that separates us from almost every other aspect of humanity. Instead of children, we enjoy the extra spending money and decorate the house with expensive photography, take more trips to Belize and get dogs. It's a fact that makes me feel uncomfortably separate from the world. That's why I like living in our building. Because at least in our building, we're all people who haven't found the space in our lives (quite literally) for a child.
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Lastly, but not leastly, the folks over at Dual Income No Kids just emailed me the results from their last two surveys:
May Question: When in life did you realize you wanted to be ChildFree?
Number of responses: 572
Number of responses: 572
Early on in my childhood. 31.9%
In my teens 18.1%
In my 20's (College or out of High School) 20.8%
As a swinging single 1.4%
After I met someone who felt like I did 2.8%
After I got married 25%
In my teens 18.1%
In my 20's (College or out of High School) 20.8%
As a swinging single 1.4%
After I met someone who felt like I did 2.8%
After I got married 25%
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June Question: How would you prefer people describe your "relationship" in conversation?
Number of responses: 414
ChildFree 14.3%
Dual Income No Kids 28.6%
ChildFree by Choice 21.4%
Double Income No Kids 0%
Married No Kids 14.3%
The couple who isn't having kids... 14.3%
Other 7.1%
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Number of responses: 414
ChildFree 14.3%
Dual Income No Kids 28.6%
ChildFree by Choice 21.4%
Double Income No Kids 0%
Married No Kids 14.3%
The couple who isn't having kids... 14.3%
Other 7.1%
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