IT'S National Parents' Week and it appears we, as a society, have never been more angst-ridden about the way kids are raised.
IT'S National Parents' Week and it appears we, as a society, have never been more angst-ridden about the way kids are raised.
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SHE’S BEEN CALLED SELFISH, UNNATURAL AND WARNED SHE’LL BE LONELY. BUT, PLEADS SUSAN SWARBRICK, WHY CAN’T PEOPLE RESPECT HER DECISION NOT TO HAVE CHILDREN?
As proof, yet another survey has been published stoking up the guilt that parents aren't spending enough time with their children.
Still, that's nothing on the disapproval being heaped on apparently footloose and fancy-free career gals. According to a new poll, a third of British women have no plans to start a family and would rather focus on gaining a well-paid job – the potent subtext being that those who choose not to become parents must be self-centred careerists.
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Why I've chosen not to have children
IT'S National Parents' Week and it appears we, as a society, have never been more angst-ridden about the way kids are raised.
As proof, yet another survey has been published stoking up the guilt that parents aren't spending enough time with their children.
Still, that's nothing on the disapproval being heaped on apparently footloose and fancy-free career gals. According to a new poll, a third of British women have no plans to start a family and would rather focus on gaining a well-paid job – the potent subtext being that those who choose not to become parents must be self-centred careerists.
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