Two Is Enough: A Couple's Guide to Living Childless by Choice Book

This is a wonderful book that explores choosing to be childfree. The author decided to write this book when a friend asked her why she got married if she didn't want kids - as if that's the only reason to be married or in a relationship. Laura Scott surveyed and/or interviewed 171 people to find out 1) their reasons for choosing a childfree life and 2) to explore that decision-making process. What she found was a wide range of reasons people choose to remain childfree and that almost all of them expressed no regret about their decision. Scott explores the choices we have now dealing with having children or not, how people decided, what their primary reasons were, dealing with dating/marriage/relationships, the myths about childfree people and how to cope in a pronatalist culture. She also includes a copy of the initial survey she used in her study. While focusing on childfree individuals and couples, Scott is not anti-family or pushing this lifestyle on readers - she is merely exploring this option as one of many. Very well done!