Life Without Children

Life Without Children This is the title of a shocking essay by Barbara Dafoe Whitehead for the 2006 "The State of Our Unions: The Social Health of Marriage in America" report. For those who view children as "an heritage of the LORD," read and weep: Being a parent has never been easy but today it is a source of growing distress and a rising chorus of complaint. Increasingly, Americans see the years spent in active child rearing as a grueling experience, imposing financial burdens, onerous...