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    snne2o1s Having Wl Without Having Children [TIME hitpitime.com 24 having Having It All Without Having Children ‘The American brthrate is ata record low. Reece. ee on TIME Te CHILDFREE ‘UFE ‘Laura Scott was washing dishes inthe [kitchen with her mother whea she decided she didn't want to have a hil "You might change your mind," said her mother, whom Scott describes as “bone tired” fromalife inwhich she “didnt have any time for herself.” Seot's mom worked asa sumplemaker for an upholstery company: after making dinner for Sent and her brother, she'd parkthem infront ofthe \elevsion and go down tothe basement to spend her evening cutting and sewing. That life was what “doing tal” meant to Seo “Tlearned you could — but did you want 102" she says. At 26, Sott got ‘marred and waited forher mind to ‘change. "I thought I would be struck bby aiotogical lightning bolt,” she rocalls. “Ie never happened. And realized Iwas going to be fine.” As she says fom her Tampa office, ‘where she works asa professional coach, writer and documentary filmmaker, “My main motive not to hhave kids was that Lloved my lie the sway twas.” ‘Now 50, Scott is more than fine: she's fulfilled. And she's not alone. ‘The birthrate in the U.S. isthe lowest in recorded American history, whieh includes the fertility erash of the Great Depression. From 2007 to 2011, the most recent year for which ‘there's data, the fertility rate declined 9%. A2010 Pew Research ‘report showed that hillessness has risen across all racial and ethnie sroups, adding up to about ing ‘American women who end their childbearing years maternity tree, compared with in 10 inthe 19708, Even before the recession ht, in 2008, the proportion of women ages 400-44 who had never given birth had grown by 80%, from 10% to 18%, since 1976, when a new vanguard began to question the reproductive imperative, These statistics may not Mone Why Have Kids? In Prats of Jennifer Aniston and Other Sesh Childfres Women without having-cilerenVnid=toshare 16 snne2o1s hitpitime.com 24 having Having Wl Without Having Children [TIME have the heft of chillessness in some Shonda Rhimes Admits She Killed European countries — like Italy, where nearly one-quarter of women never give birth — but therse is both

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