# childfree by choice:  glitch in the wiring or resistance to societal programming?

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**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [July 11, 2003, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/childfree-by-choice-glitch-in-the-wiring-or-resistance-to-societal-programming/187794 "2003-07-11T19:52:33Z")\
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**Post date:** [September 2, 2003, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/childfree-by-choice-glitch-in-the-wiring-or-resistance-to-societal-programming/187794/41 "2003-09-02T03:42:39Z")

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> \*Originally posted by Collounsbury \*  
> \*\*You know, I hate this phrase, child free.
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> I understand the … desire for a phrase, but ‘child free’ falls into childish pejorativeness. Childless is fine.\*\*

There really does need to be a way to differentiate between those

1. Who want children but don’t have them, for whatever reason.

2. Those who don’t want children, and are happy about it.

I don’t think there’s anything pejorative about it.

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