
I'm not having children to save the planet
Four Thought
The Path to Parenthood
"I have always wanted my own children. Sometimes I have wanted my own baby so badly I could have died," says writer and mother-of-two, Emily Kinsman. "Choosing to not have children has been a tough, hard-won choice ... It's been a path marked with tears, indecision, confusing, achingly poignant desire." She adds that she doesn't regret her decision; many child-free people just sort of ended up that way.
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