Why don't you have kids? This question needs to stop

In today's time, being child-free is a common reality rather than an exception, yet questioning someone about why they don't have kids is intrusive, hypocritical, deeply triggering, and simply insensitive.

This article, published in India Today, highlights the intrusive nature of questioning people's decisions not to have children. It states that in today's time, being child-free is a common reality rather than an exception. Yet, asking why someone doesn't have kids is described as intrusive, hypocritical, deeply triggering, and simply insensitive. Keywords include child-free, parenting, parenthood, and DINK couples. The piece was published on January 20, 2026. Such questions not only invade personal privacy but also ignore evolving societal norms around family choices.

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