What Are Children For?
- Author: Laurie Taylor & Matthew Taylor
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By: Laurie Taylor, Matthew Taylor
Upon
glancing at the cover and blurb of this book, I was excited. Why we
have children at all, why we voluntarily take up the responsibility of
another life, is a great start to a philosophical, sociological
discussion. However this book turned out to be a bit of a let down.
Crammed
with statistics, information about the how and the when of children,
the how come, not much about the why. Why DOES our generation (and our
race) feel the need to pop out kid after kid when many of us, especially
in poorer countries, cannot guarantee them a better standard of living
than ours? What purpose does having a child serve - to a mother, to a
father, to the extended family? What role is a child expected to play in
society? What expectations do the family and the rest of the world have
from the child they have just borne? These were exciting questions that
I as a teacher have occasionally thought about and debated as well.
This
book, though it starts out with a brave question in mind and arms
itself with all the statistics it can gather to defend its radical query
- it ultimately does not deliver. These questions (and their answers)
are surreptitiously buried under mountains of information. The authors
(family members) seem to be quibbling amongst themselves rather than go
deeper to the root of their questions. The will of the book to follow up
on its own daring question is lost. Finally, I did not get my answers -
neither did the authors.
About this Book | |
No. of Pages | 143 |
Hours to Read | 2 - 3 |
Total Words | - |