Positive examples

pinkypinky

I've always loved Allison Janney & she just went up some marks for being happy about her childfree status.

https://www.celebitchy.com/709336/allison_janney_i_would_rather_regret_not_having_kids_than_have_kids_and_regret_it/

R.D. aka MR.D

Dolly Parton!

I also like how Jennifer Aniston really discusses how people talk about women without children.

Kamala Harris is also amazing.

Bodjhrjekekr

Oprah's a pretty inspirational one for me

Sunny Disposition

Brent Pope would be a good male one,

silvervixen84

Helen Mirren has always been vocal about being childfree.

amdublin

R.D. aka MR.D wrote: »

Dolly Parton!

I also like how Jennifer Aniston really discusses how people talk about women without children.

Kamala Harris is also amazing.

Kamala Harris is a step mom (or step mala I think they call her). Her husband Doug has kids from previous marriage. For me, I don't see Kamala as living a childfree life

(Ps. But yes I think she is a amazing)

R.D. aka MR.D

amdublin wrote: »

Kamala Harris is a step mom (or step mala I think they call her). Her husband Doug has kids from previous marriage. For me, I don't see Kamala as living a childfree life

(Ps. But yes I think she is a amazing)

Yes, I suppose she doesn't fit the definition now that she has stepkids. It is just hard to find examples of women who have amazing serious careers who don't have kids. The only other two I can think of are Angela Merkel and Teresa May (not as cool as Kamala). But that is probably just because there are tons of Childfree women with great careers who aren't in the public eye!

bunny_mac

Nicola Sturgeon

Joan Wasser (Joan As Policewoman)

Stevie Nicks

The absolute legend that is Betty White!

R.D. aka MR.D

I'm on the fence on whether he is a positive example but apparently Seth Rogen and his wife are Childfree.

He said in an interview this week: “I don’t know anyone who gets as much happiness out of their kids as we get out of our non-kids"

notsoyoungwan

Anne Doyle. She was on Tommy tiernan’s show recently and discussed it. I found it very sad that she had to point out that she didn’t hate children, she just didn’t want her own. There’s a perception there among some that women who don’t want children are cold heartless witches.

Thelonious Monk

Sunny Disposition wrote: »

Brent Pope would be a good male one,

Really? It seemed like for ages he was just on TV going on about how depressed he was.

ztoical

I know she's passed away but Katharine Hepburn made some great comments about how not having children lead to her professional success

Sunny Disposition

Thelonious Monk wrote: »

Really? It seemed like for ages he was just on TV going on about how depressed he was.

He has suffered mental health problems but is a gentleman and has done a lot of good by talking about his issues, definitely a positive example in my opinion.

Aisling(",)

R.D. aka MR.D wrote: »

Dolly Parton!

I love her but I wouldn't really consider Dolly Parton childfree.At least not by choice.
She says it wasn't meant to be but now that they're older they're glad.

“Early on, when my husband and I were dating, and then when we got married, we just assumed we would have kids. We weren’t doing anything to stop it. In fact, we thought maybe we would. We even had names if we did, but it didn’t turn out that way"

I really liked Seth Rogans statement.Non-apologetic and didn't have to try justify that he wasn't some abomination for not wanting children.

R.D. aka MR.D

Aisling(",) wrote: »

I love her but I wouldn't really consider Dolly Parton childfree.At least not by choice.
She says it wasn't meant to be but now that they're older they're glad.

“Early on, when my husband and I were dating, and then when we got married, we just assumed we would have kids. We weren’t doing anything to stop it. In fact, we thought maybe we would. We even had names if we did, but it didn’t turn out that way"

I really liked Seth Rogans statement.Non-apologetic and didn't have to try justify that he wasn't some abomination for not wanting children.

Oh interesting, i hadn't read that. I thought her reasons were that she had so many younger siblings.

Addle

ztoical wrote: »

I know she's passed away but Katharine Hepburn made some great comments about how not having children lead to her professional success

I don’t like that that’s a reason/excuse.
Like if you don’t procreate, you have to be fulfilled by some other vocation.
Some expect me to be ambitious work wise because I don’t have a child.
I’m not ambitious at work for the same reason I don’t have a child-I want as quiet and easy a life as possible!

I liked Rogen’s interview too.
‘I don’t know anyone who gets as much happiness out of their kids as we get out of our non-kids," Rogen told Stern.

ztoical

Addle wrote: »

I don’t like that that’s a reason/excuse.
Like if you don’t procreate, you have to be fulfilled by some other vocation.

Remember Hepburn was very vocal about not wanting kids in the 1930/40s I don't think she meant that she focused on her career to fill a void of not having kids more that her being so clear of what she did and didn't want in her life helped her deal with all the crap she got through out the decades. She never doubted herself even when she was struggling.

"I would have made a terrible parent. The first time my child didn't do what I wanted, I'd kill him."

The Black Oil

Amelia Boone. Four time obstacle racing world champion. Anything she has written is well worth reading, in general.

https://www.outsideonline.com/2423714/amelia-boone-motherhood-essay

silvervixen84

Toyah Willcox

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2013/mar/22/toyah-willcox-my-family-values

Came across this old article

"We don't have any children and I've never wanted family life. I've probably inherited a feeling of being trapped in family life. I think it's pretty obvious why. My brother has a son who is now in his 30s, but my sister never had kids either. I never had any maternal instinct and it always baffled me why I was expected to have children."

Captainsatnav

Pedro Pascal. Has a great relationship with his nephews.