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  • GP tells woman not to have more kids

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    17 May 2013 | 7:36 pm
    http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/greenpolitics/population/10061760/Young-mother-in-tears-as-GP-tells-her-not-to-have-more-children-she-claims.html#disqus_thread My GP regularly ask if I am going to have kids and discuss long term contraceptive options. My...Read More

  • Friday Laughs

    Childfreedom
    19 Apr 2013 | 1:56 am
    Thanks, CFVixen, for the forward.

  • Child shooting in Kentucky

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    2 May 2013 | 2:58 pm
    Words fail me, I hope Leela can provide a few choice words though.  http://www.foxnews.com/us/2013/05/02/in-kentucky-child-shooting-spotlights-urban-rural-gun-debate-when-5-year-old/#ixzz2S8xXNQZp

  • Jen Kirkman: No Kids, No Kidding - Gapers Block A/C | Chicago

    Childfree News
    2 May 2013 | 10:23 pm
    Jen Kirkman: No Kids, No Kidding - Gapers Block A/C | ChicagoTechnorati Tag: childfree

  • Jeremy Clarkson prompts fierce debate on child-free flights – Telegraph

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    Britgirl
    20 May 2013 | 7:18 am
    Another great link, kudos to Jeremy for voicing what we’ve thought (or near enough) for so long. Screaming kids on a flight that’s cost many thousands of $$$ or £££, is just not on. It looks like childfree flights are going to be the way sooner or later, or at least quiet spots. I still [...]
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  • Another Facebook Doozie

    10 May 2013 | 6:21 am
    Really? I can think of plenty of ugly and evil people whose moms did not bring something beautiful into the world....Charles Manson, Ted Bundy, and how about that guy from Cleveland they just arrested for imprisoning 3 girls in his house for 10 years? 

  • Friday Laughs

    26 Apr 2013 | 1:58 am
    Thanks again to CFVixen for the forward.

  • Our Friend, the Regretful Dad

    22 Apr 2013 | 5:28 pm
    Popping in to say hello and tell you about our house guest - my hubby's friend Brian - who is visiting with us for a few days.  He lives about 1,000 miles away, so it's only once every 3 or 4 years that we have the pleasure of seeing him. Brian is married with 3 kids, age 16, 5 and 7.  He left the wife and kids at home and is enjoying some guy time with my hubby. He wasn't here 5 minutes before

  • Friday Laughs

    19 Apr 2013 | 1:56 am
    Thanks, CFVixen, for the forward.

  • HealthyWage

    11 Apr 2013 | 12:03 pm
    This is a non-CF post, but wanted to pass this on to my readers.  A recent issue of Consumer Reports magazine was focused on health, diet and fitness - something I am always interested in.  The magazine mentioned and recommended an interesting web site/program called HealthyWage -  a program supported by insurers, health systems, et al. that will PAY you if you lose weight. It's an
 
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  • Jeremy Clarkson prompts fierce debate on child-free flights – Telegraph

    Britgirl
    20 May 2013 | 7:18 am
    Another great link, kudos to Jeremy for voicing what we’ve thought (or near enough) for so long. Screaming kids on a flight that’s cost many thousands of $$$ or £££, is just not on. It looks like childfree flights are going to be the way sooner or later, or at least quiet spots. I still [...]

  • This whole CF thing is starting pay dividends!!! : childfree

    Britgirl
    20 May 2013 | 7:13 am
    It’s been a good while since I posted on the blog as I have been so busy with other projects, however I still read it. The updates from those suffering noisy kids upstairs is saddening, then I get this in my Chilfree Google alert and just have to smile. Being childfree rocks. And it is [...]

  • Childfree Flights – Can’t Come Soon Enough, What Say You?

    Britgirl
    29 Apr 2012 | 4:46 pm
    I gather the April Fool’s joke of childfree flights is gathering legs. Or rather wings.Was it a joke? Or is it a precursor of things to come? Every day there is some mention on childfree flights coming… sometime, or not coming at all. I skip over them now. Personally I would love the option of [...]

  • Childfree: Here’s One of the Best Ways to Support Your Childfree Life

    Britgirl
    25 Mar 2012 | 9:46 am
    So I’ve not had even a moment to write a blog post for some time, but rest assured I do read all the very interesting responses and comments when people happen by the our childfree blog. And I’m very happy that it is still a place where we can have level-headed childfree discussion (any personal [...]

  • Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays, Happy New Year Childfree readers!

    Britgirl
    24 Dec 2011 | 9:59 am
    Just popping in to wish everyone Season’s Greetings. And as it’s Hanukkah as well – Happy Hanukkah. Thank you for all your comments and insights on the childfree blog this year. We  still get hundreds of visitors to it… there are many people who still need to know that there are more childfree people out [...]
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  • 91 year old being evicted by daughter

    18 May 2013 | 12:29 pm
    http://gma.yahoo.com/91-old-man-raises-money-prevent-eviction-daughter-132430362--abc-news-topstories.htmlJanice Cottrill declined to comment.I wonder why...

  • GP tells woman not to have more kids

    17 May 2013 | 7:36 pm
    http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/greenpolitics/population/10061760/Young-mother-in-tears-as-GP-tells-her-not-to-have-more-children-she-claims.html#disqus_thread My GP regularly ask if I am going to have kids and discuss long term contraceptive options. My...Read More

  • Tia Sharp

    15 May 2013 | 10:15 am
    http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2324609/How-Tia-Sharps-grandmother-trusted-monster-Asks-Sandra-Parsons.htmlI'm sure most of you will have seen on the news that her killer got 38 years, personally I'm hoping for some prison justice, because lets fa...Read More

  • Child shooting in Kentucky

    2 May 2013 | 2:58 pm
    Words fail me, I hope Leela can provide a few choice words though.  http://www.foxnews.com/us/2013/05/02/in-kentucky-child-shooting-spotlights-urban-rural-gun-debate-when-5-year-old/#ixzz2S8xXNQZp

  • Radio Times

    29 Apr 2013 | 2:33 pm
    There is an interview with Ian McKellan & Derek Jacobi who are in a new series starting tonight called Vicious.In part of his interview, Ian McKellan states - "People say, oh what a pity you don't have children and grandchildren - wouldn't that be lov...Read More
 
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  • Please Don't Ask Me About Mother's Day - Speakeasy - WSJ

    13 May 2013 | 9:51 pm
    Wall Street Journal: Asking a childfree woman if she’s thinks her decision is selfish is not a question. It’s a judgment disguised as a question. Childfree women are actually great assets to the planet. Our carbon footprint is smaller than a mom’s! And we have enough money to write checks to organizations that help kids get vaccinations, vitamins, and educations; yet have plenty of free time to advise your daughter that one day she will regret piercing her lip.Technorati Tag: childfree

  • Why I hate Mother's Day

    12 May 2013 | 6:55 pm
    Salon.com Technorati Tag: childfree

  • CBS Sunday Morning

    12 May 2013 | 5:41 pm
    Just the Two of Us My friends and I were the lead story this morning! "Child-free people are not selfish," said Valenti. "You know, the idea that the only way to be selfless is to have children, I think, is a really dangerous notion, and a really dangerous ideal. "There's plenty of ways to be a good, compassionate, productive citizen without bringing children into the world. So as long as we kind of think that, that stereotype is going to remain." Tracy Ellen Kamens believes it's more selfish to have a child if you're not sure that you can be the parent that you'd like to be. "I've always…

  • Jen Kirkman: No Kids, No Kidding - Gapers Block A/C | Chicago

    2 May 2013 | 10:23 pm
    Jen Kirkman: No Kids, No Kidding - Gapers Block A/C | ChicagoTechnorati Tag: childfree

  • 71 names so awful New Zealand had to ban them - Salon.com

    1 May 2013 | 4:33 pm
    71 names so awful New Zealand had to ban them - Salon.comTechnorati Tag: childfree
 
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    Laura Carroll

  • Pop the Champagne!

    Laura
    22 May 2013 | 12:30 am
    Welcome to the new LauraCarroll.com! If you have been following me, you know that I’ve run this site, livetruebooks.com and laviechildfree.com for awhile now. This site has combined them all into one. My books, details on my communications services, and the ever growing LiveTrue bookstore are all here.  And of course I will still be blogging on topics related to my books, services and reviewing the best in nonfiction LiveTrue books. As always, visit often and join the discussions!

  • Signs of Positive Change for Reviews of Self-Published Books

    Staff
    21 May 2013 | 12:02 am
    As Suw Charman-Anderson recently wrote in her article, “New York Times Reviews Self-Published Book” on Forbes.com, “If there’s one thing every self-published author yearns for, it’s to be reviewed alongside traditionally published books. ” While she goes on to say that “for most that’s a dream that is unlikely to come true,” that just may be changing. Good sign #1: Late last year, the New York Times published a great review of Alan Sepinwall’s self-published book, The Revolution Was Televised.  USA Today also did an interview with Sepinwell, …

  • The Life of Charles Knowlton: A Must Read Biography

    Laura
    20 May 2013 | 6:07 pm
    Who is an amazing man from the 19th century too many people don’t know about? Charles Knowlton. Now more will, thanks to this excellent biography, An Infidel Body-Snatcher and the Fruits of his Philosophy: The Life of Charles Knowlton by Dan Allosso. Knowlton was an influential member of the freethinker and social reformer community in the 19th century…  In An Infidel Body-Snatcher and the Fruits of his Philosophy , Allosso takes us through the many challenges he faced throughout his life as he fought for social change. In this man’s interesting life, we learn how his challenges…

  • Thinking About Writing an eBook?

    Laura
    19 May 2013 | 12:02 am
    These days, many people think that writing an eBook is much easier than a traditional book. Not so. An eBook can be shorter than a traditional book, but not necessarily so. Even if it is shorter, it has to be tighter.  Streamlining content to be as tight as possible is a real art. But before you get to this stage, however, there are two important things to figure out if you have an idea for an eBook and want to do what it takes to create it. First, get very clear why you want to write it. Do you want to write your first novella? Create a book that will help people in some way? Will it assist…

  • Proof of Heaven: A Neurosurgeon’s Journey into the Afterlife

    Staff
    6 Apr 2013 | 10:53 pm
    This quote by Raymond A. Moody Jr. M.D. Ph.D., author of Life After Life, made me pick up Eben’s Alexander’s M.D. Proof of Heaven: “Dr. Eben Alexander’s near-death experience is the most astounding I have read in more than four decades of studying this phenomenon. [He] is living proof of an afterlife.” As near-death-experience (NDEs) stories go, Dr. Alexander’s sure is different than the rest. Unlike others who have experienced NDEs, his neocortex was not “temporarily inactivated” – instead it was completely “out of the picture.” As he puts it, “I was encountering the…
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    Laura Carroll

  • Pop the Champagne!

    Laura
    22 May 2013 | 12:30 am
    Welcome to the new LauraCarroll.com! If you have been following me, you know that I’ve run this site, livetruebooks.com and laviechildfree.com for awhile now. This site has combined them all into one. My books, details on my communications services, and the ever growing LiveTrue bookstore are all here.  And of course I will still be blogging on topics related to my books, services and reviewing the best in nonfiction LiveTrue books. As always, visit often and join the discussions!

  • Signs of Positive Change for Reviews of Self-Published Books

    Staff
    21 May 2013 | 12:02 am
    As Suw Charman-Anderson recently wrote in her article, “New York Times Reviews Self-Published Book” on Forbes.com, “If there’s one thing every self-published author yearns for, it’s to be reviewed alongside traditionally published books. ” While she goes on to say that “for most that’s a dream that is unlikely to come true,” that just may be changing. Good sign #1: Late last year, the New York Times published a great review of Alan Sepinwall’s self-published book, The Revolution Was Televised.  USA Today also did an interview with Sepinwell, …

  • The Life of Charles Knowlton: A Must Read Biography

    Laura
    20 May 2013 | 6:07 pm
    Who is an amazing man from the 19th century too many people don’t know about? Charles Knowlton. Now more will, thanks to this excellent biography, An Infidel Body-Snatcher and the Fruits of his Philosophy: The Life of Charles Knowlton by Dan Allosso. Knowlton was an influential member of the freethinker and social reformer community in the 19th century…  In An Infidel Body-Snatcher and the Fruits of his Philosophy , Allosso takes us through the many challenges he faced throughout his life as he fought for social change. In this man’s interesting life, we learn how his challenges…

  • Thinking About Writing an eBook?

    Laura
    19 May 2013 | 12:02 am
    These days, many people think that writing an eBook is much easier than a traditional book. Not so. An eBook can be shorter than a traditional book, but not necessarily so. Even if it is shorter, it has to be tighter.  Streamlining content to be as tight as possible is a real art. But before you get to this stage, however, there are two important things to figure out if you have an idea for an eBook and want to do what it takes to create it. First, get very clear why you want to write it. Do you want to write your first novella? Create a book that will help people in some way? Will it assist…

  • Proof of Heaven: A Neurosurgeon’s Journey into the Afterlife

    Staff
    6 Apr 2013 | 10:53 pm
    This quote by Raymond A. Moody Jr. M.D. Ph.D., author of Life After Life, made me pick up Eben’s Alexander’s M.D. Proof of Heaven: “Dr. Eben Alexander’s near-death experience is the most astounding I have read in more than four decades of studying this phenomenon. [He] is living proof of an afterlife.” As near-death-experience (NDEs) stories go, Dr. Alexander’s sure is different than the rest. Unlike others who have experienced NDEs, his neocortex was not “temporarily inactivated” – instead it was completely “out of the picture.” As he puts it, “I was encountering the…
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    Maybe Baby, Maybe Not!

  • Americashire: Taking the Baby-or-Not Decision Abroad!

    Maybe Lady
    13 May 2013 | 6:55 pm
    During a very brief, very weird and very recent period of my life, I interned at a literary agency when I was far too old to be an intern. But it was great fun and I read some amazing things, and one of the books that really stuck with me was submitted by a fellow [...]

  • The Multi-Generational Home & The Insane People Who Choose to Live There

    Maybe Lady
    6 May 2013 | 2:05 pm
    The couples featured on House Hunters are generally pretty easy targets in the WTF is Wrong With These People department. There are the women who refuse to buy houses because of easily replaceable dirty bathtubs or unfortunate fruit-themed kitchen wallpaper. And the men who hate those women and therefore need a Man Cave to escape [...]

  • Childfree Celebrity Spotlight: Portia de Rossi

    Maybe Lady
    22 Apr 2013 | 1:56 pm
    After a good deal of speculation in the media, Portia de Rossi’s recent interview in Out magazine finally addresses the question… Are Ellen and Portia going to have kids? The answer: A resounding NO. I have to wonder if her portrayal of Lindsay Bluth Fünke on Arrested Development – generally regarded as one of television’s [...]

  • Friends with Kids, Movies without Merit

    Maybe Lady
    15 Apr 2013 | 6:01 pm
    As the world’s tardiest movie critic, I’d like to share with you my thoughts on a little film that came out over a year ago: Friends with Kids, starring Jennifer Westfeldt (who also wrote and directed it), Jon Hamm, Maya Rudolf, Adam Scott, and Kristen Wiig.   I watched this gem last night, and to [...]

  • Making the Right Decision vs. Making the Decision Right

    Maybe Lady
    8 Apr 2013 | 7:43 pm
    Please don’t ask me why, but I decided to give one of the characters in the book I’m working on a Dr. Phil obsession. In my extensive research on the man (which has consisted mainly of laughing at his mustache from different photographic angles), I came across what I have to admit is a real [...]
 
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    BABY OFF BOARD

  • I’m Not Dead, Just Moving

    Aurora Bordeaux
    14 May 2013 | 12:12 pm
    by Aurora Bordeaux Hello friendlies! I’m on the move, literally, but I wanted to pop in and share the news that I am… Moving! We completed our cross country scouting trip with flying colors and decided to overhaul the whole shebang and tote our worldly goods to a whole new homestead in a sweet city clear on the other side of the continent. Thus the transfer of Baby Off Board content from this shiny little blog to scrawled notes on beer coasters, notebooks sealed in the mummy confines of cardboard and packing tape, and muttered comments under my breath in the wake of wild…

  • On the Road Again

    Aurora Bordeaux
    28 Mar 2013 | 10:20 am
    by Aurora Bordeaux Okay, so it has been a wild winter. And I’m sorry to say the bucking bronco nature of this year, though it has been a heck of a lot of fun, has also left me less wiggle room to donate to keeping the blog as updated as I want to. I try to treat the blog like a real publication in that I have a publishing schedule and attempt to whip up content in a sort of editorial sense–I only want to publish the kind of quality I like to read–but between a slammer flu season, a seriously ramped up work life, and upping my krav maga training to six days a week, my little…

  • A Marathon 5k

    Aurora Bordeaux
    18 Mar 2013 | 1:35 pm
    by Aurora Bordeaux I’ve been crazy slammed with work lately, which is why my steadfast twice a week publishing schedule has been thrown helter skelter. Sorry, dudes—I love blogging, but I gotta go where the dollars grow! That said, guess what I did this past weekend? Guess! Guess! I had fun. I have never been a runner and always hated running with a passion matched only by my devotion to eating. Running meant huffing and puffing in a non-evolutionary series of gym classes starting with third grade and peeling right on through to senior year of high school. Deranged, barking, whistle…

  • Childfree FUN

    Aurora Bordeaux
    5 Mar 2013 | 7:42 am
    by Aurora Bordeaux Baby Off Board is approaching its first birthday on March 15, a milestone that I plan to celebrate. Especially since I never thought anyone would read the blog and now it has grown into a mega traffic snarfer that, combined with the Childfree Forum, is ticking toward 300,000 hits. Bazoo! That said, as I’ve gone along sometimes I’ve had a hard time coming up with topics. It’s not that I’m on empty with things to say about being a childfree adult, it’s just that I don’t always want to repeat what so much of the Internet is always saying and constantly sound off on…

  • The Joy of Living with Less Stuff

    Aurora Bordeaux
    18 Feb 2013 | 11:34 am
    by Aurora Bordeaux Owning stuff is exhausting. And families with children always seem to be buried in stuff. When the hubs and I got married, we had almost no worldly possessions. One friend, who was just as young as we were, bought us a trash can as an early wedding gift after staying with us because we were using a garbage bag tied to the oven door (it’s not as unsafe as it sounds since we didn’t know how to cook much outside of hot dogs in the George Foreman). Around that time, now nearing ten years ago, collecting stuff was fun. Anything we gathered was forward motion that made life…
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