Why More Women Are Deciding Against Having Children?
Dyanna Volek never had any aspirations of having children. She had a deep-seated understanding that she didn’t want children from an early age. Perhaps it resulted from witnessing her mother give up her desire to become a flight attendant and work three jobs to raise her two children by herself. Or perhaps she was more interested in other activities. Volek, a municipal government employee in San Francisco, declared, “I’m always looking forward to the next thing.” Parenthood was never one of them. Even so, she didn’t give it much thought because it was taboo to not have children. She didn’t truly come to terms with her sentiments until a few years ago, when things started to get serious between her and her partner. She and her spouse had decided to be childless by the time they were wed in November of previous year. Volek, who is currently 37, doesn’t anticipate changing her mind. She feels more liberated than her friends who are parents because she doesn’t have kids. She and her ...