Published some time ago now, author Susan Jeffers’ messages are still so relevant! There is, she says, a kind of conspiracy of silence surrounding just how difficult, and at times downright unrewarding, the job of being a parent really is. A mother herself,...
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...
Parents who contemplate stopping at one child, or whose circumstances make that decision for them, face their future as a one-child household with a unique set of circumstances. Many worry they are depriving their child of the richness of a “real” family...
