Room to Grow Parents Disclose the Awe, Unanticipated Joys, and Paradoxes of Raising Young Children

Harnessing the writing skill of a score of top contemporary writers, this collection captures the essence of parenting. With a perfect balance of humor and pathos, intensity and lightness, the essays reveal the "whys" rather than the "how-tos" of parenting.Each of the remarkably talented writers explores a particular experience or issue, including:

-- Alice Elliott Dark on the decision to have only one child

-- Michael Laser on being a stay-at-home father

-- Rob Spillman on wanting to give his own children the childhood he never hadA remarkable exploration of the parenting experience, Room to Grow unearths those priceless moments of sheer amazement, wonder, closeness, and joy.