So, after 3 months of research, conducting interviews and hours of editing, I finally feel like the documentary is done! I am so proud of my work for this project, it is the most I have ever thrown myself into one of my documentaries. Previous documentaries have been good but alongside all of my other…
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“I said point blank ‘You know my stance on children; if you want them, we have a problem’”
This week I spoke to Jessica Donovan, a 33 year old document controller from Perth, Australia. She has been married to her husband, Brent for nearly 10 years. Jessica told me how a family history of depression, not feeling maternal and 25 years spent getting an education, meant that she definitely did not want children….
The best and worst problem
As I begin editing, I have stumbled across a problem. I have too many great interviews! Everyone I have spoken to has had such good stories to tell and such informative opinions and I have to much audio that I would love to use in my documentary. If I had enough time to just play…
“I reached point where I’m not sure you can have it all”
Kamalamani is an author, facilitator, relational body psychotherapist, BACP-accredited counsellor, and therapy supervisor, and still some how fitted in the time to speak to me on Monday! It was such a privilege to speak to Kamalamani as she had such an interesting outlook on being childfree, which was slightly different to my other interviewees as her decision…
“I like kids. I like other people’s kids. I don’t want kids.”
Last week I spoke to Nikki Hayfield, a social psychology researcher at the University of the West of England. She conducts research surrounding people who do not fit with social norms, such as childfree. Being childfree herself, she was interested in what people’s opinions and reasonings were for making the choice and also wanted to…
“People who don’t have kids actually have more diverse social networks in old age than parents do”
On Wednesday, I spoke to Amy Blackstone, a sociologist who alongside her husband Lance writes a blog called we’re not having a baby. She has studied and spoken to many childfree women during her career whilst being childfree herself so has a great understanding of what it is all about. Herself and Lance have produced…
Help! I want to be childfree but I’m scared it will affect my relationships
When I spoke to Laura Carroll, a leading child free voice, I asked her what advice she would give a woman who has decided to be child free but does not know how to approach the topic in regards to telling her family or significant other. Laura has spoken to lots of child free women…
“They think we have all this disposable cash and free time, which is just a myth!”
Last week I was lucky enough to speak to a leading voice in the topic of childfree; Laura Carroll is a nonfiction author and child free spokesperson who has featured on shows such as Good Morning America and media such as The Wall Street Journal. I was interested to hear about all the research that has…
Childfree by Choice 