Population Connection interviews Blackstone about child-free choice

Amy Blackstone, a professor of sociology at the University of Maine, was interviewed in the September 2018 issue of Population Connection magazine. Blackstone, who studies the child-free choice, child-free families, workplace harassment and civic engagement, spoke with the magazine about her research. “We’re told that parenthood is an important part of becoming an adult and that it is one of the most fulfilling things adults can do,” Blackstone said. “So to opt out of that strikes people as strange. Why would anyone opt out of their destiny, out of the most fulfilling thing they can do? The thing is, it’s not our destiny any more than any other choice we make as adults.”