{"product_id":"maybe-one-a-case-for-smaller-families-9780452280922","title":"Maybe One: A Case for Smaller Families","description":"\u003cb\u003eIn light of climate change warnings, more families are looking for ways to reduce their carbon footprint and help prevent disasters like rising sea levels, wildfires, and increasing global temperatures. In this compelling book, the author of \u003ci\u003eThe End of Nature\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eFalter \u003c\/i\u003eargues for a solution with sociological, population, and environmental benefits: having fewer children.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe earth is becoming dangerously overcrowded, and if more families chose to have only one child, it would make a crucial difference toward ensuring a healthy future for ourselves and our planet for generations to come. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e But the environment alone may not persuade most people to consider having just one child, as 80% of Americans have siblings. Powerful stereotypes about only children--that they're spoiled, selfish, or maladjusted in some way--still persist. McKibben, the proud father of an only child himself, debunks these myths, citing research about the many emotional and intellectual strengths only children possess, including higher test scores, higher levels of achievement in school, and greater development of positive personality traits like maturity and self-control. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAt once a powerful personal argument and an accessible exploration of what overpopulation could mean to human life and environmental sustainability, \u003ci\u003eMaybe One \u003c\/i\u003eis a provocative yet well-reasoned opening to what has become important and lasting debate.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Penguin Publishing Group\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/01\/1999\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780452280922\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.43lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.29w x 0.71d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eIngram Advance\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/01\/1999 pg. 62\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Bill McKibben","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52418712305845,"sku":"9780452280922","price":20.4,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_1c322010-3a71-471d-9162-e8ae72aa338f.jpg?v=1775570257","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/maybe-one-a-case-for-smaller-families-9780452280922","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}