“We make our own families”: Do child-free people die alone? Hospice worker shares her experience
The Daily Dot [Unofficial]
March 18, 2026
According to a longtime hospice worker, being child-free doesn’t affect end-of-life care, but having strong community ties does. The decision to have children is a deeply personal one, fraught with societal pressures and fears. One common fear is that a childless person might die alone. Recently, however, child-free advocate @wearechildfree shared a video dispelling that…
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