WE ARE CHILDFREE

#Family Pressure

Portraits

“As the only girl and an only child, there’s a lot of responsibility placed on you to carry on the family line, because for a lot of families, you’re not more than a womb.”

Natasha, UK

Podcasts

Finding fulfilment, with 53-year-old childfree trailblazer Lydia

Episode 40

Portraits

“If there is something I regret, it is the fact that for so many years, I just didn’t know who I was.”

Lydia, Greece

Short Stories

“I felt that to fit in I was going to have to endure the horror of having a child.”

Emily, 28, UK

Short Stories

“Raising kids would be the most difficult challenge for me.”

Neeah, 25, USA

Short Stories

“I renounced the universal sympathy and understanding reserved for those who follow ‘the natural path’.”

Luana, 36, Greece

Short Stories

“I asked myself and my husband ‘how would our life be without a baby?’”

Veatriki, 37, UK

Short Stories

“Growing up all I heard is ‘you’re going to be a great mum’.”

Megan, 25, UK

Podcasts

Putting my life first, with Natasha den Dekker

Episode 35

Short Stories

“This freedom gives me the ability to breathe and to heal emotionally.”

Jule, 32, Germany

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