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Child Free Women

The Truth About Childless Women

Melanie Notkin | Posted 09.10.2011 | Women
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Melanie Notkin

I'm 42 and still single and I have come to acknowledge the truth: it's very possible I won't have children of my own.

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Time To Mother Ourselves In Midlife

Donna Henes | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
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Donna Henes

If, as it has been said, "some people give birth to children and some give birth to culture," then for the 20 percent of us who are not biological mothers, it is important to acknowledge that we have, in fact, been culture mothers, the mothers of necessity, the mothers of invention.

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In Defense Of The Choice To Remain Child-Free

Stefanie Iris Weiss | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
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Stefanie Iris Weiss

People react to the idea of women not having children with total incredulity, shock, and worst of all, pity. They assume it's a case of infertility in disguise, a lack of a relationship, or that women without kids "hate children."

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