It’s #WorldChildlessWeek: maybe childlessness isn’t a choice

childlessness week is meant to raise awareness to an issue that you may be aware of. Just because someone doesn’t have children doesn’t mean they don’t want them, but it could mean they are unable to naturally. If a couple is trying hard to have a child and start their family the last thing they want to hear from anyone is a bunch of invasive, personal questions about infertility.

Why don’t you have children

When people ask questions like, “Why don’t you have kids yet?”, it is insensitive to the couple who may be trying hard to have children but are having fertility difficulties.

Of course there is no intended malice in the question, but they may be unaware that the person (or couple) that they are asking may be trying. Couples experiencing subfertility would like nothing more than to have a child, but unfortunately they are unable to without assisted fertility treatments or interventional measures such as fertility medicines.

You may be unaware

For these people the fact that they cannot have children is harsh enough, asking them why they don’t have children may only exacerbate any emotions they are struggling with on a very emotional period.

If someone cannot have children and they want to they are most likely dealing with some serious emotions. They may feel as if something is wrong with them or that they are undeserving of children. Of course these things are not true, but this may be how they feel.

Suffering in silence

Asking them questions about their childlessness is not only insensitive, but can be invasive no matter the intentions. Deciding on children is a personal choice and asking them questions about it may be an invasion of their privacy. Just don’t do it.


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