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The Childless Revolution
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Imagine this: restaurants with no crying children...Adult-only neighborhoods...A day at the museum with no kids. Sound radical? Relaxing? These are just some of the ideas that a new group is advocating.

They call themselves THINKERS -- T-H-I-N-K-E-R - two healthy incomes, no kids, early retirement. They're tired of being ignored, and discriminated against, and inconvenienced by a society obsessed with children. They're fed up with parking spaces reserved for pregnant moms, time off work for parents, and unequal expectations at the office.

With baby boomers nearing retirement, and fewer households than ever before having kids, this movement is picking up momentum, and rephrasing old questions about a woman and a man's right to choose. Will you have that coffee with, or without children?
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Madelyn Cain, author of "The Childless Revolution"

Dr. David Popenoe, Director of the National Marriage Project at Rutgers University

Candy Lake, founder of No Kidding in Charlotte, NC.
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