25 Over 10

“You'll Change Your Mind”

Of the many assumptions about those who make the childfree choice, people all too often think they will eventually change their minds and want children.

What's the Reality?

25 Over 10: A Childfree Longitudinal Study by Laura Carroll gives us the realities of twenty-five women over the course of ten years.

As the first childfree longitudinal study, it started with a group of confidently childfree women in their twenties and annually tracked their childfree status and more. 25 Over 10 also takes us into their lives and the experiences of being a childfree woman in society between the years 2010 and 2019.

In 25 Over 10, Laura Carroll summarizes the breadth and depth of the project's findings, which make a unique contribution to the study of childfree women.

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Laura Carroll

Laura Carroll is an internationally known expert on the childfree choice, Her books include A Special Sisterhood: 100 Fascinating Women From History Who Never Had Children, Childfree Across Disciplines: Academic & Activist Perspectives on Not Choosing Children (Contributor), Voluntary and Involuntary Childlessness: The Joys of Otherhood? (Contributor), The Baby Matrix, and Families of Two: Interviews with Happily Married Couples Without Children by Choice. Since the year 2000, she has been featured on network television and international radio, and in print and digital media. Learn more at https://lauracarroll.com