Pulitzer Prize-winning author and former Washington Post reporter Leon Dash spent a year living in one of the poorest ghettos in Washington, D.C., and a total of seventeen months conducting interviews examining the causes and effects of the ever-lowering age of teenage parents among poor black youths. Dash had expected to find inadequate sex education and lack of birth control to be the root cause of the growing trend toward early motherhood, but his conversations with the mothers themselves revealed the truth to be more complex. A riveting account of the human stories behind the statistics, When Children Want Children allows readers to hear the voices of young adults struggling with poverty and parenthood and gets to the heart of teenage parents' cultural values and motivations.

The author of DON'T YOU DARE GET MARRIED UNTIL YOUR READ THIS! presents a collection of thought-provoking questions that couples answer together before they decide to have children. For example, "What values will we teach our children?" "Will our children attend public or private school?" and "How would you react if our child were gay?"

As we expand our understanding of what “family” means, we need to change the way we think about having kids. How much does it cost to have kids? How long can I wait? What if I have fertility issues? And, wait a minute... do I even ​want kids? If you’re unsure whether you want kids or struggling to decide, this book is for you. So When Are You Having Kids? is not your parents’ parenting book, nor is it a how-to for getting pregnant. It’s a nonjudgmental, inclusive guidebook for women, men, gender-nonconforming people, same-sex couples, and prospective single parents who want to make an informed decision regarding if and how they bring children into the world. Combining research with over 100 compelling real-life stories, the resources in this book are as diverse as the generations they’re meant to serve. With deep insight and empathy, Davidson explores: • Ways to cope with familial and societal pressure to have children • What makes a good parent, and the skills you need to be one • The facts about infertility, adoption, fostering, and alternative methods of becoming a parent • The real financial costs of having and raising kids • How to move past fears related to pregnancy and childbirth • The ethics and consequences of having kids in the face of climate change • And, what it means to choose a child-free life for those who are unsure whether they want kids So When Are You Having Kids? is a much-needed resource for family planning in the modern world, packed with the knowledge and tools you need to make one of the most important decisions—if not the most important decision—of your life.

This transformative book looks at one of the most undervalued aspects of childhood, joy. Using the latest neuroscience and biochemistry this book shows that joy, far from being an abstract concept, is one of the key motivators for every aspect of learning and development throughout childhood and something we ignore at our peril. The book gives concrete strategies for increasing the levels of joy in our children and highlights the catastrophic damage that a decline in joy can cause in our children especially in a post pandemic world. Suitable for anyone who works with children, this book puts forward a compelling argument that Joy is profoundly important for all of our children and can fundamentally help our children to thrive. Warning - may contain evil clowns!

Lauren Sandler is an only child with an only child of her own, who found that discussing the choice to stop at one kid was loaded with anxiety, doubt, misinformation, and judgment. After investigating what only children really are like and whether stopping at one child is an answer to reconciling motherhood and modernity, she learned a lot about herself-and a lot about our culture's assumptions. In this heartfelt work, Sandler demystifies the perceived problems of the only child and legitimizes a conversation about the larger societal costs of having more than one. We ask when people are having kids-never akid, never onechild at a time. If parents no longer felt they had to have second children to keep from royally screwing up their first, would the majority of them still do it? And, if the literature tells us-in hundreds of studies-that a child isn'tbetter off with a sibling and it's not something parents truly want for themselves, then whom is this choice serving? One and Onlyexamines these questions, exploring what the rise of the single-child family means for our economies, our environment, and our freedom. Sandler considers hundreds of studies and interviews, traveling around the world to discover that only children are just fine, their parents often happier, and our planet is better off for them. Sandler's controversial revelations will probably draw rebukes from the majority of parents who believe that having several children is the healthiest model for all members of a family. Others will claim that she's quite possibly cracked the code of happiness, demonstrating that having just one may be the way to resolve our countless issues with adulthood in our overtaxed age.

Parenting can be tough - tougher still when everyone has an opinion on raising a child. From the press, social media and online influencers right through to our friends and family, we're bombarded with advice - and criticism - on how to be good parents. Our kids aren't born with a manual, so How to Have Happy Children is the book you need. Dr Martin J. Coles has seen it all, and having spent a lifetime working with and for children, his expert knowledge, research and experience are condensed here into ten brilliant bite-sized chapters, the Ten Commandments of Parenting:1. You shall not be perfect2. You shall prefer presence to praise3. You shall respect change4. You shall not make for yourself a false idol in screen time, but covet sleep time5. You shall take care of your child's friendships6. You shall honour discipline7. Remember literacy to keep it holy8. You shall covet for your child play of all types9. You shall covet good relations with your partner and family members10. You shall take for thyself positive thinkingPacked with simple strategies, practical tips and straight-talk, this book will empower your decision-making and give you the confidence to tackle the unique challenges of parenting.

Through research, statistical data and thought-provoking questions, "The Baby Dilemma" provides a roadmap in navigating one of the biggest life decisions people face. The book lays the foundation for good decision-making which is based on recent scientific studies and brain research, and explains why trusting one's intuition is paramount.