Check out Childfreebychoice.com

The longer I write this blog the more interesting books and blogs on being childfree I find. I'm blog rolling Childfree by Choice.

The site offers a blog, articles on making the decision to be childfree, a list of prominent people who are childfree and lists of business establishments that favor the childfree. It also includes demographic statistics that show that the number of people who decide to have no kids, if not no pets, has been growing since the early 1970s.

There also is a defensive statement about the idea that people who decide to be childfree are selfish. People have plenty of good reasons to not have children, most of them quite personal.

But it also can be said that having children is selfish in that people insist on "cloning" themselves, leaving a legacy in the form of their children and increasing, but not guaranteeing, that when they're old and feeble, their kids will look out for them.

Truth be told, neither being childfree or childless or a parent is selfish. Deciding to be childfree can be a contribution to society in many ways, just as deciding to become a parent can be. No guarantees, however.