Are women allowed to not want children?
Kavita Srinivasan, parenting coach Filed on February 11, 2021
I have a friend who doesn’t want children and isn’t afraid to say the words out loud: “It’s not for me.” Yes, I judged her. Where would all that mothering go? The natural nurture that is every woman’s birthright? Birth right. Birth right? The right to birth. Birthing is right. It is right to birth… is that what we are meant for? Biologically, aren’t we supposed to want to procreate? Would she combust with regret at not nurturing how she’s supposed to? I judged her till I had my own child. When I heard his life-altering screech as he entered the world, I knew… she had always had clarity. And for that, I was envious.