by Laura S. Scott, Childfree Author and Documentary Filmmaker
When Betty White passed away on December 31, 2021 at age 99, I went into a deep mourning. I had never met Betty White but at some semi-conscious level I had adopted her as a role model growing up, likely while watching the Mary Tyler Moore and the Golden Girls television series and the Hollywood Squares game show.
[Read more…] about Betty White – A Lifetime of Creative Expression and Caringby Emma Duval
Adventure, career changes, international travel, charitable and philanthropic projects … these are goals shared by many childfree women today which were achieved over a hundred years ago by Marie Marvingt (1875–1963), a multi-talented French athlete, aviator, and journalist who was nicknamed the “fiancée of danger.”
[Read more…] about Marie Marvingt: Daredevil, Humanitarian, and Childfree – 100 Years Agoby Laura LaVoie
I have spent the better part of the last three years writing and revising a novel. People know I’m a writer, but most of my work is made up of essays, blogs, or non-fiction. After a lifetime of concern that there weren’t enough truly childfree characters represented in film, TV, or books, I figured the only way to make it happen was to create it.
[Read more…] about Childfree Representation: Film, TV, and Celebrityby Laura S. Scott
~Author of Two Is Enough: A Couples Guide to Living Childless by Choice,
Director of the Childless by Choice Project~
As a life, leadership and executive coach, I understand the importance of having role models or mentors during the course of your life. These are the people that guide you, inspire you, and have strengths or attributes you admire and want to develop. Without these role models and mentors it’s sometimes difficult to imagine yourself doing something or achieving something you secretly desire. Without these real-life examples, it’s difficult to imagine yourself doing something beyond your current reality. Alternately, when we have these people in our lives we can begin to believe that if they were able to do it then there’s a good chance we can too. [Read more…] about Who are Your Childfree Role Models?
by Laura LaVoie, 2015 Childfree Woman of the Year
Following from my Part 1 of Men Without Children in History, here are a few more amazing men in history who didn’t have children. Like the others I have written about, while it is nearly impossible to tell if these men were NotDads by choice, it is an interesting look into the minds that developed our modern world. [Read more…] about Men Without Children in History: Part 2
by Laura S. Scott
When I was writing my book, Two Is Enough: A Couples Guide to Living Childless by Choice, I reflected on my early role models for childfree living. I was what I call an early articulator. I knew in my early teens that I didn’t want children but I didn’t have a lot of role models for that life decision-making in my neighborhood, or in my family. However, I did have a TV and there I could find a number of really inspiring role models who appeared to be without children and were apparently quite happy to remain so. [Read more…] about Inspired Childfree Living: The Importance of Having a Childfree Role Model
