No kids? Yes sir!
Although people tend to think of childfree as being urban professionals, the truth is the people who make this choice come from all walks of life -- including, it turns out, military life. A few weeks ago, reporter Jennifer See wrote me asking if she could interview me for a piece about military spouses who are choosing to go without kids. I was more than happy to oblige.
Turns out quite a few military couples are making the choice:
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Turns out quite a few military couples are making the choice:
Go on any military instillation, and it seems there are kids everywhere — in the PX and BXs, the commissaries, at unit family functions. Although it seems that most people in the military have families, according to a recent report from the Department of Defense, more than half of all active-duty soldiers — 57 percent to be exact — do not have children.I hope you'll check out the rest of the piece online.
More and more women instead are focusing on careers, personal interests and their spouses. They are traveling and enjoying the freedom that comes with not having children. So why are they often made to feel like they are doing something wrong?
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1 Comments:
We're a dual military couple and we're choosing not to have kids. I sometimes think that because its relatively, if not free, for adults to have kids- you see more families with children +++ despite the fact that some of our enlisted families are on subsidies like WIC. It's very hard to explain to our leadership (it Lt Colonels and higher) that we dont want kids and its ok... we're professionals in our job, therefore we must be in our personal lives.
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