The comprehensive guide for single women interested in proactively becoming and being a mother€"includes the essential tools needed to decide whether to take this step, information on how best to follow through, and insight about answering the child€s questions and needs over time.

Choosing Single Motherhood, written by a longtime journalist and Choice Mother (a woman who chooses to conceive or adopt without a life partner), will become the indispensable tool for women looking for both support and insight. Based on extensive up-to-date research, advice from child experts and family therapists, as well as interviews with more than one hundred single women, this book explores

€ common questions and concerns of women facing this decision, including: Can I afford to do this? Should I wait longer to see if life turns a new corner? How do Choice Mothers handle the stress of solo parenting?
€ what the research says about growing up in a single-parent household
€ how to answer a child€s €œdaddy€ questions
€ the facts about adoption, anonymous donor insemination, and finding a known donor
€ how the children of pioneering Choice Mothers feel about their lives

Written in a lively style that never sugarcoats or sweeps problems under the rug, Choosing Single Motherhood covers the topic clearly, concisely, and with a great deal of heart.