Childfree News Roundup

Here are links to some of the latest stories about the childfree world.

I was one of several childfree advocates quoted in this San Francisco Chronicle Magazine article, "Kids R Not Us." In it, reporter Katherine Seligman writes about the growing numbers of childfree people who are embracing and celebrating their unparent status.

Childfree organizations have been around for a few decades, but new social groups, books, an online magazine, unscripted: the childfree life, and myriad Web sites (Childfree by Choice alone links to 20 other resources) have sprung up in the past few years, their visibility fueled by the Internet but also by changing attitudes.

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A recent Elle/MSNBC survey showed that having kids was far more likely to interfere with women's day-to-dat at the workplace than with men's.

The fact that female bosses were more than twice as likely to be seen as having family obligations interfere with work tasks wasn’t surprising to experts. They say women still bear the brunt of child care duties, even in families where both parents work.

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According to this column in the Winnipeg Sun, Japanese women aren't having kids -- or sex, for that matter.

According to a recent survey conducted by the Japan Family Planning Association, nearly 40% of Japanese aged 16 to 49 reported they hadn't had sex in over a month.

Nothing unusual for most married couples (or so I hear).

But in a country where the average birthrate fell in 2005 to 1.26 births per woman, high celibacy rates are certainly a concern for Japan's family planning policy wonks.

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