by Laura | Feb 10, 2011
The main ‘elephant’ David Christensen confronts in his slender call for change is the very real problem of overpopulation. Though once a much-discussed issue, it has slipped in the public mind as many assume that the starvation and malnourishment plaguing...
by Laura | Feb 10, 2011
“Difficult choices define your life” is the premise of this guide by mother and son team Rhoda and Jeffrey Makoff. Each day we face a myriad of small decisions, and the sheer number of those small ones can make it difficult to squarely face the big ones...
by Laura | Feb 10, 2011
This book is an unsentimental, clear-eyed guide to deciding whether you want to become a parent. Author Beverly Engel prompts her readers to evaluate not only their desire to have children, but their readiness, willingness, and ability to raise them. While not...
by Laura | Feb 9, 2011
In the tradition of Erma Bombeck and Scott Adams, author Ellen Metter defuses the tension that can surround the topic of whether or not to have children with a light-hearted humor book full of entertaining illustrations by Loretta Gomez. The opening to the first...
by Laura | Feb 9, 2011
An unapologetic embrace of the “wonderful world of unparenting,” Jennifer L. Shawne’s Baby Not On Board is a sharply written romp supplemented with sly illustrations by Anoushka Matus. The book includes chapters like Other People’s Children...
