Two Is Enough by Scott, Laura S. -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

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Title Page Dedication Introduction CHAPTER 1 - Who Are the Childless by Choice?

CHILDLESS OR CHILDFREE? HOW MANY OF US ARE THERE? THE CHANGING FACE OF THE CHILDLESS BY CHOICE THE FREEDOM OF CHOICE

CHAPTER 2 - The Dawning of Choice

TENDING THE VICTORY GARDEN STOP THE BREEDING! THAT (NEW) GIRL WOMB? WHAT WOMB? BABIES, BABIES, EVERYWHERE!

CHAPTER 3 - Assumption, Decision, or Something in Between?

CHALLENGING THE ASSUMPTIONS DECONSTRUCTING THE DECISION MAKING SOMETHING IN BETWEEN TWO COUPLES, THREE TYPES OF DECISION MAKERS ONCE THE CHOICE HAS BEEN MADE ARTICULATING THE MOTIVES INSTINCT OR CONDITIONING? ASSESSING THE PROS AND CONS FINAL WORDS A WORD FROM THE UNDECIDED TARA AND PATRICK: HARPREET AND MANMEET: THE LIBERTY OF CHOICE THE PERSONALITY THEORY

CHAPTER 4 - Eighteen Reasons (and More) Why We Don’t Have Kids

MOTIVE STATEMENT 1: MOTIVE STATEMENT 2: MOTIVE STATEMENT 3: MOTIVE STATEMENT 4: I HAVE NO DESIRE TO HAVE A CHILD, NO MATERNAL/PATERNAL INSTINCT. MOTIVE STATEMENT 5: MOTIVE STATEMENT 6: MOTIVE STATEMENT 7: MOTIVE STATEMENT 8: MOTIVE STATEMENT 9: MOTIVE STATEMENT 10: MOTIVE STATEMENT 11: MOTIVE STATEMENT 12: MOTIVE STATEMENT 13: MOTIVE STATEMENT 14: MOTIVE STATEMENT 15: MOTIVE STATEMENT 16: MOTIVE STATEMENT 17: MOTIVE STATEMENT 18: THE CHILDFREE FOR NOW THE “KIDS OR NO KIDS?” TEST UNDERSTANDING THE NUMBERS MOTIVES BY GENDER MOTIVES BY AGE MOTIVES BY DECISION-MAKING CATEGORY WHAT THE NUMBERS TELL US

CHAPTER 5 - On the Same Page: Soul Mates, Partners, and Best Friends

MICHELLE AND NAJI DIANE AND NICK LILI AND MARIO TAMARA AND JASON LAURA AND DAN LISA AND TOM KATHRYN AND MICHAEL LUCKY IN LOVE

CHAPTER 6 - Marginal and Misunderstood: The Myths and Realities of Living Childfree

THE SELFISH ASSUMPTION AND OTHER MYTHICAL MONSTERS ASSUMPTION 1: ASSUMPTION 2: ASSUMPTION 3: ASSUMPTION 4: ASSUMPTION 5: ASSUMPTION 6: ASSUMPTION 7: ASSUMPTION 8: CHALLENGING THE DEFAULT

CHAPTER 7 - Childless in Babyville: Navigating a Pronatalist World

FAMILY, GOD, AND COUNTRY SLAYING THE BEASTS OUR CULTURE’S RESPONSE TO INTENTIONAL CHILDLESSNESS THE DOWNSIDES OF CHOOSING A LIFE WITHOUT KIDS US VERSUS THEM THE MOST DIFFICULT QUESTION

CHAPTER 8 - A Place at the Table

THE FEARS THE POPULATION QUESTION THE INTENTION AND REALITY GAP EMPTY NESTS AND FULL PLATES ARE SOME OF US NATURALLY CHILDFREE? VALUING CHOICE INITIATING THE “KID CONVERSATION” MAKING A PLACE AT THE TABLE LAST WORDS

APPENDIX A - The Childless by Choice Project Motivation and Decision-Making Survey APPENDIX B - The Childless by Choice Project Survey Questionnaire NOTES RESOURCES ABOUT THE AUTHOR Acknowledgements SELECTED TITLES FROM SEAL PRESS Copyright Page