Why Have Kids?

Why Have Kids?

2012 • 206 pages

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A high-profile feminist, and a mother herself, explores the question of whether or not to have children, and how having children changes the life of parents, often not for the better, in this modern world. 20,000 first printing.

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I really thought this book was going to discuss the question in the title. Instead, it's mostly about how U.S. policy and culture aren't ideal with regard to parenting, which was not news to me.

March 14, 2016

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