A Childfree Happily Ever After: Why more women are choosing not to have children

by Tanya Williams

Overview

In A Childfree Happily Ever After, entrepreneur, fur-parent and childfree advocate Tanya Williams dives deep into the reasons why women choose to have or not to have children, including the social, cultural and biological factors that influence our decisions.

Just some of the topics this book covers include:

• How young girls are raised to become mothers
• The social and cultural pressures facing women when it comes to motherhood
• The myth of the ticking biological clock
• What the blokes think (yes, it takes two to tango!) 
• How to find your own path to fulfilment

A Childfree Happily Ever After brings the childfree conversation to life, lifts the veil on how childfree women are treated in society, and shares true stories of women from all walks of life.

If you are childfree or unsure if you want to have children, this book will help you to respond to the judgement, find your voice and make a decision that's right for you.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780648137276
Publisher:	MacMillan Company Limited
Publication date:	03/04/2018
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	200
File size:	6 MB

Table of Contents

Preface

Introduction

• The cost of enforced motherhood
• It's time for a new paradigm
• So, who am I to share this story?

Part ONE - how did we get here?

• How we are raised to become mother
• The lies of happily ever after...
• Toys, as defined by your gender
• Educating future wives and mothers
• It's time to change the way we raise young girls
• Adhering to social norms
• Children and culture
• Motherhood in the media
• Bribery to breed
• How times are changing
• Welcome to the pressure cooker
• The subtle pressure of expectations...
• The judgement of the childfree
• So long to the sisterhood!
• Take the pressure down
• The myth of motherhood and identity
• The relationship between motherhood and identity
• Losing your identity as a mum
• To be me, or not to be me
• Tick tock goes the biological clock (or does it?)
• The birth of the biological clock
• The truth behind the theory
• There's no such thing as the biological clock
• Just because you can have kids, doesn't mean you should
• Let's not forget the blokes!
• What men want
• Men who choose to be childfree
• It takes two to tango - communicating your wants
• Everyone deserves the right to choose

Part TWO - Making the right choice for you

• Why do you want what you want?
• Why women choose to have kids
• Why women choose not to have kids
• What's your 'why'?
• It's time to do what you want
• The many roads to fulfilment
• Puppies over parenthood
• Being a rockstar aunty
• Career & business
• Travel, experiences, freedom
• How childfree women give back
• Find what fulfils you 166
• Live in a regret-free zone 169
• The importance of being true to yourself
• Stories of regret and acceptance
• How to make a decision you don't regret
• Take time with your decision
• It's a chick's choice - never apologise for it!
• Sending big love and lots of sparkle

About the author

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