it's a useful way to distinguish between people who happen to not have children, and people who have made a conscious decision not to have them at all.
I don't think it's quite as simple as that. The nutcases are choosing to use the term childfree rather than something like childless. The first term implies that children are a burden; the second term implies that children are an asset. When someone chooses one or the other of these terms to describe his/her situation, I'd say that a value judgment is being made.
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Date: 2006-04-12 07:28 pm (UTC)I don't think it's quite as simple as that. The nutcases are choosing to use the term childfree rather than something like childless. The first term implies that children are a burden; the second term implies that children are an asset. When someone chooses one or the other of these terms to describe his/her situation, I'd say that a value judgment is being made.