According to American Demographics magazine, by the year 2010 the number of married couples without children is expected to increase by nearly 50%, to nearly 31 million. The non-profit organization, Childless By Choice, reports that one in seven married couples in the United States is consciously deciding not to have children. For more married couples than ever before, their life plan together does not include raising a family. Yet, as these numbers grow, in many ways society continues to frown on the choice not to have children. Although more couples are making this decision, they often feel misunderstood, and face societal misperceptions about themselves, their marriage, and their choice not to have children. Through candid interviews and photographs, Families of Two: Interviews with Happily Married Couples Without Children by Choice takes us into the lives of happily married couples without children by choice. It dispels the myths often associated with this choice, helps couples who are deciding whether to have children, and offers insight to friends and family of couples who have chosen or may choose not to have children. Families of Two expands our ways of understanding marriage in today’s society, and gives examples of roadmaps for marriage without children. Families of Two celebrates the many people who are living lives that do not include parenthood, and the many ways to live happily ever after.

A moving and evocative debut set in a two-family brownstone in 1950s Brooklyn, unraveling a multigenerational story woven around a deeply buried family secret.

First Nations Elders interpreted treaties as instruments that gave Europeans the right to settle here, share resources, and build a relationship of equality with those who were here before. These elders did not intend the treaties to allow the subjugation and impoverishment of First Nations, or give settler governments the right to legislate every aspect of First Nations activities. In an easy to read narrative, Harold Johnson presents an eloquent view, on behalf of a people, of what treaties represent, including the justice system and reconciliation of laws, resources and taxation, assimilation, leadership and sovereignty, Constitutional rights, youth, and relations between next generations.

Straight from the headlines comes the story of two students, one buried under the wrong name, one in a coma being cared for by the wrong family, and the heart wrenching discovery five weeks later that their identities had been mistakenly reversed.

From the bestselling author of the generation-defining series The Baby-sitters Club comes a series for a new generation! No Fair!Karen and Andrew are very lucky because they have two families. But the unlucky thing is that they are not at the big house as much as the little house. Sometimes they miss Daddy. Karen and Andrew want to spend equal time with both Mommy and Daddy. But what can Karen do about it?

Two families, like so many before them, set sail for the “golden land,” of America. One family was drawn by the glow of the American dream. The other group was driven out of Europe by violence, political upheaval, and the ever-darkening shadow of an impending war. Their paths to America were as different as can be imagined. One family landed in the western wildness of Texas in the early 1900s. The America they met, and learned to love, included fires, floods, and the great dust bowl. The other family took the path known to millions of others and headed for New York. Their saga involved life in the teeming Lower East Side of the city, involvement in the rising labor movement, and participation in the Spanish Civil War. Both groups survived and thrived through hard work and perseverance. Their stories are filled with drama and the full range of human emotions. About Two Families is the story of the adventures that brought them together.

Family One Family Two is a simple book with a BIG HEART! This book engages a younger audience to learn about diversity within families. The first of the series, Family One Family Two is a story about a little boy who has two families – one in the country and one in the city. We hope this book encourages young readers to learn about all different types of families as well as provides a sense of support and familiarity for those young readers who share similar family trees. For more books from the Family One Family Two series, to download the ebook, or to join the discussion, head to mommiemix.com Follow us on Twitter @Family1_Family2

The Diary of Jan Packard, Melbourne, 1974. Jan Packard starts a diary because she's bored, but suddenly she finds there's a lot happening around her. Family, friends and neighbours all seem to be changing and doing things she had never expected. Then quiet Jan decides it's time to become involved herself. It's the 70s!

An advocate and son of same-gender parents recounts his famed address to the Iowa House of Representatives on civil unions, and describes his positive experiences of growing up in an alternative family in spite of prejudice.

Stories and advice for step families.