What’s it to you if some people don’t have kids? | Barbara Ellen

The child-free or childless shouldn’t have to field intrusive questions from parents

World Childless Week was created by a British woman, Stephanie Phillips, as a way of highlighting the experiences of people who are unable to have children. Not to be confused with those who are childless by choice – the “child-free”, as some say.

Seemingly worlds apart, they share a vexed similarity. Of course, most people each group encounters are probably just interested and kind. Less helpfully, the childless can sometimes find themselves tormented by invasive, agonising questions, while the child-free can end up being ruthlessly interrogated about the “strange” decision they’ve made.

It's almost as though the thought simply can’t be accepted that the parenting life path isn’t remotely special

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from Children | The Guardian http://ift.tt/2w0ZSFf