Procure Room To Grow: Twenty-two Writers Encounter The Pleasures And Paradoxes Of Raising Young Children Edited By Christina Baker Kline Rendered As Print

collection of essays on parenthood was delightful! The authors were vulnerable, witty, and wise in their reflections on their own experiences with their children.
I came away from this book reflecting on my own parenting and gaining valuable perspective, It was a quick and enjoyable read, My only real complaint is that it is now a bit dated and that almost all of the parents were writers rather than having some parents speak to the struggles and experiences oftoworking parents.
I loved how this book became like an intimate friend, sharing common experiences and reflecting in a deep way, thoughts about parenting.
I love how it prompted me to think and rethink my own parenting styles and approaches.
Candid, reflective, and intimate essays that capture the essence of parenting, Harnessing the writing skill of a score of top contemporary writers, Christina Baker Kline has crafted an outstanding collection that touches the core of modern parenthood.
The writers share their experiences as parents of children between the ages of two and tenthe period when our children are young and wholly dependent, before they have established separate identities.
Each of these entertaining and evocative essays focuses on one central issue about raising young children:
the complexities of being a stayathome dad
the urge to avoid making the same mistakes our parents did
birth order and sibling rivalry
giving our children a sense of racial identity.


Room to Grow is a kaleidoscope of the early years of childhood, revealing new patterns and yielding insights at each turn.
A remarkable exploration of the parenting experience, Room to Grow eloquently discloses

those priceless moments of joy and heartache, closeness and separation, wonder and exasperation, amazement and exhaustion that parents encounter every day with their young children.

This is a breezy, enjoyable read that lets you view parenting through the eyes ofwriters.
As a reader without kids, I never felt 'out of the club' but rather invited into the living room of these authors to hear a few musings on what it means to parent.
Plus, several of the authors indirectly touch upon what it's like to be a workfromhome writer.
Not bad. ANew York Times bestselling author of eight novels, including The Exiles, Orphan Train, and A Piece of the World, Christina Baker Kline is published incountries.
Her novels have received the New England Prize for Fiction, the Maine Literary Award, and a Barnes Noble Discover Award, among other prizes, and have been chosen by hundreds of communities, universities and schools as “One Book, One Read” selections.
Her essays, articles, and reviews have appeared in publications such as the New York Times and the NYT Book , the Boston Globe, the San Francisco Chronicle, LitHub, Psychology Today, Poets Writers, and Salon.
Born in England and raised in the American South and Maine, Kline is a graduate of Yale B.
A. , Cambridge M. A ANew York Times bestselling author of eight novels, including The Exiles, Orphan Train, and A Piece of the World, Christina Baker Kline is published incountries.
Her novels have received the New England Prize for Fiction, the Maine Literary Award, and a Barnes Noble Discover Award, among other prizes, and have been chosen by hundreds of communities, universities and schools as “One Book, One Read” selections.
Her essays, articles, and reviews have appeared in publications such as the New York Times and the NYT Book , the Boston Globe, the San Francisco Chronicle, LitHub, Psychology Today, Poets Writers, and Salon.
Born in England and raised in the American South and Maine, Kline is a graduate of Yale B.
A. , Cambridge M. A. and the University of Virginia M, F. A. , where she was a Hoyns Fellow in Fiction Writing, A resident of New York City and Southwest Harbor, Maine, she serves on the advisory boards of the Center for Fiction NY, the Jesup Library Bar Harbor, ME, the Montclair Literary Festival NJ, the Kauai Writers Festival HI, and Roots Wings NJ, and on the gala committees of Poets Writers NY, The Authors Guild NY and Friends of Acadia ME.
She is an Artist Mentor for StudioDuke at Duke University and the BookEnds program at Stony Brook University.
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