{"product_id":"9780861549481-what-are-children-for","title":"What Are Children For?","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOn Ambivalence and Choice\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHaving children is one of the biggest decisions you’ll make in your life. Increasingly, we aren’t making it at all.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHaving children is one of the biggest decisions you’ll make in your life. Increasingly, we aren’t making it at all.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA \u003cem\u003eNEW STATESMAN \u003c\/em\u003eBEST BOOK OF 2024\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e'A book for lovers of sound reasoning.' \u003cem\u003eTHE NEW YORKER\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAcross the developed world, fewer and fewer people are becoming parents. We seek self-fulfilment; we want women to find meaning and self-worth outside the household; we wish to protect the planet from the ravages of climate change; we do what we can to protect others from senseless suffering. On the face of it, none of these goals are served by having children. Amid such pressures, how on earth can we make the choice to do so?  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAnastasia Berg and Rachel Wiseman offer a way out of this inertia and indecision by reminding us that in making the individual decision whether to have children, we confront a profound philosophical question: for all its pains and failures, is human life worth living? \u003cem\u003eWhat Are Children For?\u003c\/em\u003e is a stirring call to overcome fear and dread and embrace the value of human existence and a human future.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41608831828065,"sku":"9780861549481","price":18.32,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_28541991.jpg?v=1722924830","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9780861549481-what-are-children-for","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}