
Creating Your Perfect Family Size
How to Make an Informed Decision About Having a Baby
Alan Singer(Autor*in)
Jossey-Bass (Verlag)
1. Auflage
Erschienen am 6. Mai 2011
Buch
Softcover
192 Seiten
978-0-470-90031-4 (ISBN)
Beschreibung
Answers to one of the most important decision a family can make This groundbreaking book offers answers to crucial questions that have a large impact on family success and well-being. The author has been researching and treating couples for more than twenty years, addressing such critical issues as: When should you have kids? How many and why? Can you afford a family? What's the best interval between children's birth in a family? How does your work life influence how many kids to have? What's the impact of divorce, remarriage and blended families on the decision to have more kids? How does your family of origin, ethnicity, race, culture, and sexual preference influence the choices you have regarding these questions of number and spacing of childbirths.
Filled with common sense advice for the dilemmas most couples grapple with when starting a family
Based on solid research from a noted family therapist
Alan Singer has appeared on the Fox Morning News and MSNBC as well as being quoted in USA Today and The Huffington Post
Invaluable and fascinating, the book includes a wealth of self-tests that helps individuals to customize their own decision making based on their unique background and current situation.
Filled with common sense advice for the dilemmas most couples grapple with when starting a family
Based on solid research from a noted family therapist
Alan Singer has appeared on the Fox Morning News and MSNBC as well as being quoted in USA Today and The Huffington Post
Invaluable and fascinating, the book includes a wealth of self-tests that helps individuals to customize their own decision making based on their unique background and current situation.
Rezensionen / Stimmen
As a licensed family therapist and eighth child in his family, Singer has the experience to guide couples in choosing whether and how many children to have. The essence of the book is a series of comprehensive self-assessment quizzes dealing with physical and mental health, financial situations, family background, and so forth. He guides couples in considering their ideal family size, the spacing of children, and the best time to have children, if at all. Singer skillfully fills a void in the literature on this topic without judgment, and would be of assistance to any individual or couple considering having children. (Library Journal, July 2011)Weitere Details
Sprache
Englisch
Verlagsort
New York
USA
Verlagsgruppe
John Wiley & Sons Inc
Produkt-Hinweis
Broschur/Paperback
Klebebindung
Maße
Höhe: 229 mm
Breite: 152 mm
Dicke: 11 mm
Gewicht
290 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-470-90031-4 (9780470900314)
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Person
Alan Singer, PhD, is a researcher and family therapist who's made it his life's work to study, treat, and advise couples who want to figure out how many children to have and when to have them.
Inhalt
Acknowledgments ix
Introduction 1
1 Why Do You Want to Have Children? 5
2 When Is the Best Time for You to Have Children? 23
3 How Many Children Can Your Relationship Hold? 51
4 Small, Moderate, Large What's Your Ideal Family Size? 69
5 How Do Old (and New) Family Traditions Affect Your Family Size? 97
Epilogue 129
Self-Tests: Family Size Choice 131
Notes 143
Selected Resources 153
Bibliography 159
About the Author 169
Index 171
Introduction 1
1 Why Do You Want to Have Children? 5
2 When Is the Best Time for You to Have Children? 23
3 How Many Children Can Your Relationship Hold? 51
4 Small, Moderate, Large What's Your Ideal Family Size? 69
5 How Do Old (and New) Family Traditions Affect Your Family Size? 97
Epilogue 129
Self-Tests: Family Size Choice 131
Notes 143
Selected Resources 153
Bibliography 159
About the Author 169
Index 171