41 min

Millennials - Why is Opting In or Out of Having Babies More Complex than Ever? A Millennial tells us unRipe - Learning to Embrace the Childless Life

    • Society & Culture

Within the next couple of decades, the number of households without children is set to outnumber the number with children, through the idea of the "traditional family" on it head. In today's episode, I speak to Sharon Green, writer, editor and co-founded of She Defined, an Australian publication that tackles the challenges that face today's woman.

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Resources and articles referenced in the episode:
Millennials vs Gen X: Three-in-ten Millennials live with a spouse and child compared with four-in-ten of Gen Xers at a comparable age.
Childless couples 'on track to be Australia's most common family type' by Stephanie Corsetti
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-05-15/childless-households-on-the-rise/8528546
Helen Razer -  Work instability is stopping millennials from having kid https://www.sbs.com.au/topics/voices/family/article/2018/01/17/work-instability-stopping-millennials-having-kids
Why a generation is choosing to be child-free by Sian Cain
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2020/jul/25/why-a-generation-is-choosing-to-be-child-free
Sound engineering and original music by Jeff Willis. You can find his tunes on Spotify and iTunes

Within the next couple of decades, the number of households without children is set to outnumber the number with children, through the idea of the "traditional family" on it head. In today's episode, I speak to Sharon Green, writer, editor and co-founded of She Defined, an Australian publication that tackles the challenges that face today's woman.

Sign up to our newsletter over on our website: http://www.unripecommunity.com.au
Facebook Page: http://www.facebook.com/unripecommunity
Private Group: @unripecommunitygroup - https://www.facebook.com/groups/unripecommunitygroup
Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/unripecommunity
Please share and leave us a review on your favourite podcast app including: iTunes and Spotify

Resources and articles referenced in the episode:
Millennials vs Gen X: Three-in-ten Millennials live with a spouse and child compared with four-in-ten of Gen Xers at a comparable age.
Childless couples 'on track to be Australia's most common family type' by Stephanie Corsetti
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-05-15/childless-households-on-the-rise/8528546
Helen Razer -  Work instability is stopping millennials from having kid https://www.sbs.com.au/topics/voices/family/article/2018/01/17/work-instability-stopping-millennials-having-kids
Why a generation is choosing to be child-free by Sian Cain
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2020/jul/25/why-a-generation-is-choosing-to-be-child-free
Sound engineering and original music by Jeff Willis. You can find his tunes on Spotify and iTunes

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