No Kids: 40 Good Reasons Not to Have Children [Paperback]

This book caused uproar when it was published in France, and we've had to wait two years to read why! Naturally excerpts have hit the Internet, but it is nothing short of miraculous to read Corinne Maier's provocative, hilarious and all too truthfull skewering of parenthood in all its glory.

Maier wastes no time in ripping up conventional attitudes and expectations; she details why parenthood robs hitherto happy/successfull/fairly sane individuals (particularly women) of privacy, dignity, marbles, brain matter and identity. Then there are the environmental, financial, familial and cultural concerns. Nothing is spared. It is a cathatic experience to read opinians that I have held silently for some long years, brilliantly expressed and finally blasted into the public arena.

A wonderfull read!

I want to say that I'm already one of the converted, that is: childfree by choice. So I expected to rejoice reading this book which humorously points out the exasperation of having children. That until it comes to reason 39 "There are too many children in the world". So says the title of the section, but the text itsef contradicts it in a typical example of politically correct double standards: there are too many "rich"/"first world"/white children in the world. And the "poorest people of the world" are just some poor little innocents, whose overpopulation it silently discounted. Well, well, different rules for different people!

I will First of all say as a Person and a Young Woman of almost 20 I have never been maternal and no never wanted kids of my own and have time time or patience ! But Corrine Maier has hit the nail on the head in how Society constantly fund's and has a taxation system which funds The Family or as she would call it Dominant Model for a long time Being What was Usually called Childless instead of childfree meaning I can have children or just don't want to much children much more modern! Childless is as if to say Women are missing out by not having kids if Women never had a family by the time they reached 30 or even by the time they got married was considered as something of a shame as exclusion from Society as If it was somehow a handicap they could not bear Children infertile Freak's Yes Someone Who does not live up to constant Getting Up in the night to the boring routine of daycare, nurseries, picking out school's telling kids not to do gross thing's like not to put Snot on a photo, not being able to go out to Your best friend's birthday party cause the brat is Suddenly Sick The cost of raising them and all the diaper's, baby changing mat, car seat toy's, cot or and stupidly telling Your child and this being so desperate trying to make something so gross sound atterctive "Come on Johnie for Example Mummy's going to change Your diaper You have done a nice big Poo Poo" and the Constant Schedule of living on someone else's timetable. I knew Some of this stuff and knew There was certainly more benefit's to not having kids but was still Curious to read this book and and find out the reason's of the author. All the reason's was throughly bullet Pointed for me It was not just a very hold no barrier's thought provoking Read it was also analysed by someone who had had two kids herself and was not afraid to admit most of the time or all of time it was hard, routine constant schedule and the bore and trauma of never putting Yourself First Alway's That "Vicious Little Dwarf" as Corrine Perfectly describe to Put off the potential parent The Child Who will Cost You thousand's of dollar's treat You as a servant and And end Up resenting You? I liked all her reason's but She was absoulty right no matter how many record's a women sell's book's she write's or how successful how her career with the help of nanny's and a term of babysitter's and army of staff She must always say her children, are the most important Thing in her life. I have seen this with people who have children all they do is talk about their child in fact You can't have a adult conservation with them or any conversation which does not include Something to do with their kids or kids related in fact most people from knowledge will go as far as to talk about the Contact's of their child's nappy as if everyone want's to know and forget Not everyone want's to hear this Parent's and members of my family and other people, ask Why when I say I don't want kids Why cause more time for my career a holiday every Year being selfish doing What I want no sleepless nights dirty Nappies and more time to myself but still they say I will change my mind I usually reply I am not Maternal and don't really like kids isn't it so old fashioned in the era of birth Control to constant bomb-bared People with the idea as She say's People will say nothing compares to having raising a family, as if it is some allien language to say no or refuse to have Children . I liked the tongue in check rant's The talk's of how You will never understand You don't have a child,as she point's out mothers of kids will say But it is not like You need to be a mother or Merdeulf' Or Mere De Famile' To understand the constant routine and stupid language Yes all very boring constantly talking Bable Nursery Rhythm language such as "Camile' say goodbye go to bed or we' re are calming down" Which is repeated as some sort of weird Parent Style Ritual But as Corrine Does point out People Who don't live up To or become parent's are in fear of exclusion. I liked every Chapter and thought It was a great book!