Creating Your Perfect Family Size: How to Make an Informed Decision About Having a Baby

Creating Your Perfect Family Size

San Francisco, CA - Starting a family is one of the biggest decisions in a person’s life.  Society has no set standard, and we live in an age where couples range from having a single child in their forties to half a dozen children in their twenties.  Parents are no less diverse.  There are countless single parents, divorced parents, adoptive parents, and combinations thereof.  How do you know when is the right time for you to have a child?

CREATING YOUR PERFECT FAMILY SIZE (Jossey-Bass, a Wiley imprint; May 2011; $16.95; Paper; ISBN: 978-0-470-90031-4) is a guide to that question.  Author Alan Singer uses both his findings as a researcher and his experience as a therapist to help prospective parents to the answer.  The book is a perfect read for anyone even considering parenthood.

It provides insight into the wide range of concerns any parent has, such as:

•  “When is the best time?” 
• “What age should I have kids?” 
•  “Are my reasons for wanting a child valid?”
• “How would my family affect me starting my own?”