LIVE kidfree

Rachel Jacovino

LIVE kidfree helps childfree women feel seen, level up, and love their lives. Whether being childfree is a choice, a consideration, or an unfortunate circumstance, the childfree population is growing and so is the conversation about it. Living kidfree has become increasingly mainstream as more women consciously and intentionally opt out of motherhood due to lifestyle preferences, financial limitations, concerns about mental health, and anxiety over climate change. Regardless of our reasons for living kidfree, we deserve to be seen, heard, and valued. Rachel Jacovino is the Founder and Creator of LIVE kidfree. A writer and content marketer by trade, Rachel envisions a world in which all childfree women love their lives, and she inspires them to do just that.

Categories: Society & Culture

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Being childfree is a choice and lifestyle that can inspire immediate and visceral emotional responses from people, while other lifestyles or pursuits are not particularly scrutinized or triggering. A person who aspires to be a parent is viewed as normal and wholesome, while a person who aspires to live kidfree is often viewed as neither normal nor wholesome.

I view people who react to childfree people with judgement and indignance and disdain as, essentially, basic. In reality, most people lack the intelligence, introspection, curiosity and awareness needed to manage their own thoughts and emotions around the idea of living kidfree: they simply get triggered and react with fear and emotion rather than reason.

In an effort to further normalize our lifestyle, I came up with three analogies that I think may be useful when trying to process your decision to live kidfree or when helping others understand why you might want your life to look different from theirs.