So I felt a little sheepish, when, a year and a half ago, the writer Meghan Daum asked me if I’d be interested in contributing to the book that would become Shallow, Selfish and Self-Absorbed: Sixteen Writers on the Decision Not to Have Kids. I wrote back to tell her that I couldn’t: My son had just turned 1
You should strive not to be anything you cannot be proud of. So it is good to be a proud non-breeder if that is how it makes you feel. Hopefully she is just as proud being a mom.