Family Unfriendly

""Americans are overwhelmed by the idea of raising kids--and understandably so. Tim Carney's Family Unfriendly is the book we all need to understand the problems, and then meet them head-on with hope and joy."" -- Arthur Brooks, Harvard Kennedy School; coauthor with Oprah Winfrey of Build the Life You Want ""Family Unfriendly is provocative, funny, warm, and moving. Even when Carney and I disagree, he makes me think hard about what kind of writer, mother, and neighbor I want to be. If more lawmakers and institutions adopted the same curiosity and joy that Carney displays here, American families would be a lot better off."" -- Alyssa Rosenberg, columnist for the Washington Post ""Tim Carney takes an unblinking look at the impact of contemporary culture on marriage, procreation and demography, and family life. He documents what at some level we all know: our culture--and much of our public policy--is decidedly family unfriendly. The results? Declining marriage rates, fewer children, less childhood happiness, and more parental anxiety. But Carney doesn't stop there, as so many conservative cultural critics do. Rather, he points the way to reform and renewal."" -- Robert P. George, McCormick Professor of Jurisprudence at Princeton University ""Family Unfriendly is a treasure: studded with valuable facts that every policymaker needs to know; and sparkling with wit that will delight parents and nonparents alike. Anyone interested in creating a happier home, or a better America, should read this book."" -- Mary Eberstadt, author of Primal Screams and Adam and Eve After the Pill, Revisited