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title: "Choosing to be Child Free - Extended Episode"
url: https://liveimprfct.com/podcast/choosing-to-be-child-free-extended-episode
description: "Kattie and Mila are joined by two guests Geneviéve Ho Sam Sooi and Laura O’Connor to discuss the choice to be child free. We’ll share current trends…"
published: 2026-09-06
updated: 2026-09-06
---

# Choosing to be Child Free - Extended Episode

Published 2026-09-06

Podcast

Kattie and Mila are joined by two guests Geneviéve Ho Sam Sooi and Laura O’Connor to discuss the choice to be child free. We’ll share current trends around this choice, explore some of the reasons this choice is made, and share our experiences and personal journeys.

**Shared on this episode:**

- [CNN: Why More Women Are Deciding Not to Have Kids](https://www.cnn.com/2021/08/14/us/childfree-women-birth-rate-decline-trnd/index.html)
- [World Economic Forum: Bye, bye, baby? Birthrates are declining globally – here’s why it matters](https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2021/06/birthrates-declining-global-fertility-decline-empty-planet-covid-19-urbanization-migration-population/)
- [The Guardian: Pope Francis: The Choice to Not Have Children is Selfish](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/feb/11/pope-francis-the-choice-to-not-have-children-is-selfish)
- [Mic: 8 Questions We Need to Stop Asking Women Who Don’t Want Kids](https://www.mic.com/articles/110546/8-questions-we-need-to-stop-asking-women-who-don-t-want-kids)

**Did You Know: Erik Erikson and the Psychosocial Stages of Human Development**

- [Simply Psychology: Erik Erikson](https://www.simplypsychology.org/Erik-Erikson.html)

**It Doesn’t All Suck: The Story of Lacey and Betty the Bee**

- [Positive News Network: Meet the friends that are finding joy in the age gap](https://www.positive.news/society/meet-the-friends-who-are-finding-joy-in-intergenerational-friendships/)
- [South London Cares](https://southlondoncares.org.uk/home)