Blackstone speaks with CNN about women deciding not to have children
Amy Blackstone, a professor of sociology at the University of Maine, spoke with CNN about the many reasons women decide not to have children. “The pandemic has really revealed to us how poorly we support parents in the U.S.,” said Blackstone, also the author of “Childfree by Choice: The Movement Redefining Family and Creating a New Age of Independence.” “We’ve come to see the truth that we’ve always known but never speak out loud, which is that parenting is really hard. And we don’t really support parents in that role.”