Families of Two

About the Book

According to American Demographics magazine, by the year 2010 the number of married couples without children is expected to increase by nearly 50%, to nearly 31 million. The non-profit organization, Childless By Choice, reports that one in seven married couples in the United States is consciously deciding not to have children. For more married couples than ever before, their life plan together does not include raising a family.

Yet, as these numbers grow, in many ways society continues to frown on the choice not to have children. Although more couples are making this decision, they often feel misunderstood, and face societal misperceptions about themselves, their marriage, and their choice not to have children.

Through candid interviews and photographs, Families of Two: Interviews with Happily Married Couples Without Children by Choice takes us into the lives of happily married couples without children by choice. It dispels the myths often associated with this choice, helps couples who are deciding whether to have children, and offers insight to friends and family of couples who have chosen or may choose not to have children. Families of Two expands our ways of understanding marriage in today’s society, and gives examples of roadmaps for marriage without children.

Families of Two celebrates the many people who are living lives that do not include parenthood, and the many ways to live happily ever after.

About the Author

Laura Carroll is an internationally known expert on the childfree choice and pronatalism. Her books include: A Special Sisterhood: 100 Fascinating Women From History Who Never Had Children, 25 Over 10: A Childfree Longitudinal Study, Man Swarm: How Overpopulation is Killing the Wild World, The Baby Matrix: Why Freeing Our Minds From Outmoded Thinking About Parenthood & Reproduction Will Create a Better World, Families of Two: Interviews with Happily Married Couples Without Children by Choice, and Finding Fulfillment From the Inside Out: How to Unravel the Real You and Discover Your Purpose in Life.

She has also contributed to textbooks, including Voluntary and Involuntary Childlessness: The Joys of Otherhood? and Childfree across the Disciplines: Academic and Activist Perspectives on Not Choosing Children.

Laura has been featured on network TV, including ABC’s Good Morning America and CBS morning shows, and have been a guest on many podcasts and radio talk shows, U.S. and Canadian public radio. Her articles and work have appeared in many print/digital media internationally, including Fortune, The Wall Street Journal, Vice, The Guardian, New York Magazine, Women's Health South Africa & UK.

She has served on the Advisory Board for the film, To Kid Or Not To Kid by Maxine Trump, and appears in the film.

She has a Master's of Science in Organizational Psychology & Communications, and also has a professional background in editorial services, corporate and trial consulting. She was a contributor at The Huffington Post, ran the popular La Vie Childfree blog, founded and headed for ten years the International Childfree Day event, a global endeavor to foster the acceptance of the childfree choice in today’s society.