Harnessing the writing skill of a score of top contemporary writers, this collection captures the essence of parenting. With a perfect balance of humor and pathos, intensity and lightness, the essays reveal the "whys" rather than the "how-tos" of parenting.

Each of the remarkably talented writers explores a particular experience or issue, including:
-- Alice Elliott Dark on the decision to have only one child
-- Michael Laser on being a stay-at-home father
-- Rob Spillman on wanting to give his own children the childhood he never had

A remarkable exploration of the parenting experience, Room to Grow unearths those priceless moments of sheer amazement, wonder, closeness, and joy.