TIME Magazine Glamorizes Life Without Children

Time’s upcoming August 12, 2013 issue depicts a smiling couple lying together on a sandy white beach under the headline “The Childfree Life: When Having It All Means Not Having Children.”

The article begins with a story about a woman who decided she never wanted to have children, and further, never regretted that decision, followed by a weighty discussion of how our nation’s birthrate is currently the lowest it has ever been in its history:

“From 2007 to 2011, the most recent year for which there’s data, the fertility rate declined 9%. A 2010 Pew Research report showed that childlessness has risen across all racial and ethnic groups, adding up to about 1 in 5 American women who end their childbearing years maternity-free, compared with 1 in 10 in the 1970s.”

This ‘Childfree Life’s’ main agenda, as if you couldn’t guess it from the cover, only gets more obvious from there. It discusses the expense of having a child, noting that:

“…the sheer economic cost of raising a child—for a child born in 2011, an average of $234,900 until age 18, according to the USDA, and $390,000 if your household earns over $100,000—has made motherhood a formidable prospect for some women.”


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My position on this heated argument: I have a 5 year old Son, I wouldn't have it any other way. Life in the 21st century isn't perfect, but there has never been a century where it has. If you want kids, you should have them, they're great and your life will improve as a result. If you don't want kids, you shouldn't have them and should have the freedom to pursue other things in life.

Last Edited by Person445 on 08/05/2013 02:04 PM