Many kid free people are quick to cite freedom as both a reason for and benefit of being kid free. Freedom means totally different things to different people, depending mostly on how we define restriction, confinement or limitation. Whether it means traveling the world, pursuing a hobby, socializing with friends, pursing a career or creative interest, or just living day-to-day on our own terms, I think we can all agree that none of us agree on a freedom formula.

There are five “freedom themes” in the kid free community that define our unique perspective on what freedom means to us:

1. Choice: the ability to do what we want, when we want
2. Unencumbered: not feeling dragged down by an inescapable burden
3. Control: having the agency over our lives to avoid unpredictable derailments
4. Boundless: rejecting the rigid and limiting social construct of parenting culture
5. Fearless: avoiding the all-consuming, fear-mongering shitshow that defines modern parenthood.