choice

Overworked, Debt-Laden Gen X Opting For No Kids

October 26, 2011




I originally posted this last week at Care2.com, but wanted to have a discussion about it with my readers too. I hope you’ll chime in with your thoughts. According to a new study by the Center for Work-Life Policy, 43 percent of Gen X women and 32 percent of Gen X men do not have [...]

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Nature? Nurture? Neither? More?

December 15, 2010




After writing my last post, I had a lot of interesting side discussions about the old nature versus nurture debate. Some of those discussions happened in the comments on my last post. Some of them happened on twitter. Some of them happened in person. While I think I have made it fairly clear that I [...]

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When it is not breast

May 14, 2009




Breast is best. In an ideal world, all infants would be breastfed. This is not an ideal world. But that doesn’t mean that we can pretend that there are not significant risks in formula feeding as compared with breastfeeding. There are. Risks for the baby, risks for the mother. If all other things are equal, [...]

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Canadian Maternity Experiences Survey: My Answers & Your Answers

March 26, 2009




Yesterday, I posted about the Canadian Maternity Experiences Survey and asked you to answer a few questions about your birth experience, either on your blog, in the comments or by e-mailing me. Today I am updating with my answers and the links to some of your answers (if you haven’t answered yet, please do still [...]

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Choice

August 30, 2008




I want choice. I want the right to choose whether to get married or not. If I choose to marry, I want the right to go back on that choice. If I choose not to marry, I don’t want to be considered a lesser person, given less advantageous tax status, or be considered to be [...]

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