5/21/2023 0 Comments The Baby Matrix by Laura Carroll![]() ![]() Carroll does not specifically say anything about couples where one wants children and the other is unable or unwilling to have them. Will this book help you if you’re in a childless-by-marriage situation? I don’t know. Want to know what sociology texts tell college students about marriage and children? It’s here. Want to know how many childless women there are in Finland? It’s here. Maybe, maybe not, but there is so much information here. People should be rewarded for not having kids instead of getting tax breaks for having them. Furthermore, she says that parenting should be a privilege for which people must prove they are qualified. Carroll challenges common assumptions such as the idea that people need to have children to be fulfilled, mature, happy, and cared for in their old age. ![]() Although I disagree with some of her points, I have to admire this well-written and deeply researched book that I will keep handy as a reference from now on. We don’t all need to have children, especially in a world suffering from overpopulation, she says. Laura Carroll, who previously published Families of Two, about couples living happily childfree, has put together an absolute encyclopedia about why the “pronatalist” viewpoint that tells us that everyone should have children is no longer valid. The Baby Matrix: Why Freeing Our Minds from Outmoded Thinking About Parenthood & Reproduction Will Create a BetterWorldby Laura Carroll, Live True Books, 2012. ![]()
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