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Childless by Choice The founders of CBC have decided to close the organization as of 2002. We have found that there are many avenues of information and support available, so you can find what you need with a little search. We recommend that you surf the web and investigate the many web sites that offer perspectives on the choice of whether or not to have children. See our links below, including the WebRing that connects many related sites. If you are interested in meeting or finding other people without children, we recommend that you contact No Kidding!, a group that helps people throughout the US and Canada in forming social groups. There may be a No Kidding! chapter in your area, or if not, they can help you start one. See our links below. RECOMMENDED READING In addition, we recommend the following books as excellent references. Although there many more than are on this list (some newer, some older), we feel that of all the books written on the subject, these remain the best. You can always get a copy of any of these books through your local public library. Simply ask the librarian to order them through the Interlibrary Loan Service. Some of these books are still for sale by special order from any bookstore. As an alternative, you may try to order a used copy through one of the many online used-book stores. Women Without Children: The Reasons, The Rewards, The Regrets. Susan Lang, 1996. Adams Pub. The author interviewed women who didn't have children for many reasons—choice or chance—and how their lives turned out. Reconceiving Women: Separating Motherhood from Female Identity. Mardy Ireland. The Guilford Press, 1993. Sweet Grapes: How to stop being infertile and start living again. J. Carter & M. Carter Perspectives Press, 1989. Good book for anyone wrestling with the decision about having kids, not just those who are infertile; could also be titled "How to make a decision about whether to have children, and how to get on with your happy life. The Baby Boon: How Family-Friendly America Cheats The Childless. Elinor Burkett, The Free Press, 2000. Burkett is all for caring for needy families; she points out that workplace benefits and tax deductions are just "extras" for already well-off families. The Mask of Motherhood: How becoming a mother changes everything and why we pretend it doesn't. Susan Maushart, Penguin Books 2000. Unbending Gender: Why family and work conflict, and what to do about it. Joan Williams, Oxford Univ Press 2000. The Childless Revolution: What it means to be childless today. Madelyn Cain, Perseus Publishing 2001. The Parent Test: How To Measure And Develop Your Talent For Parenthood. Ellen Peck & Dr. William Granzig. GP Putnam's Sons, 1978. Still a good book after all these years. Kidding Ourselves: Breadwinning, Babies, and Bargaining Power. Rhona Mahony. BasicBooks 1995. Essential reading if you are bargaining with your mate about work and family chores when/if you have children. Peer Marriage: How love between equals really works. Pepper Schwartz. Macmillan, Inc 1994. The Way We Never Were: American Families and the Nostalgia Trap. Stephanie Coontz. Basic Books, 1992. The Chosen Lives of Childfree Men. Patricia Lunneborg. Bergin & Garvey publishers, 1999.
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