Are there significant differences across time between the adaptation of individuals to the transition to biological
childlessness based on gender, age, diagnostic status, perceived physical and emotional health, emotion-focused versus problem-focused coping, perceived personal and medical support, and the availability of other acceptable parenting or role options?
Rowland, 'The prevalence of
childlessness in Australia', People and Place, vol.
Also emerging from the interviews was the notion of the implications of
childlessness found in the Bible.
Among valued outcomes may be that of helping couples to avoid unnecessary and inaccurate blaming of one partner and aiding them to resolve their situation of
childlessness in a manner that they deem helpful.
According to the Census Bureau, the largest increase in
childlessness occurred among women without college degrees.
As soon as we address the question of
childlessness, we are thrust into the realm of cliche and mythology, where no one is protected from the false assumptions: women won't grow up until they're mothers; women who don't have children are selfish, cold; childless women must have been abused when they were growing up....
[12] Thus, "involuntary
childlessness" and "voluntary
childlessness" or "childfreeness" are more complicated than is often acknowledged, and women's ambivalence about non-motherhood is perceived negatively rather than as a normal and justifiable response to women's life conditions.
Reflecting this loss in her epilogue, Brent presents Mary Bruce as the final mediating object that neutralizes her condition of
childlessness. Baby Mary symbolizes Brent's immaculate conception - untainted by sexuality or immorality:
The American Dream addresses issues of
childlessness and adoption.
It aims to contribute to the broader public conversation about
childlessness and to illustrate the womenAEs experiences with grief, loss, and relief about not having children, and the social factors that impacted their lives.
figure By SONI KANAKE In most African communities,
childlessness is viewed as a curse, leading to a lot of social stigma.
Oduyale suffered
childlessness in Ile-Ife, and Obedu advised him to relocate as a solution to his problem to his
childlessness.
