Harnessing the writing skill of a score of top contemporary writers, Christina Baker Kline has crafted a collection of essays that captures the essence of parenting. With a perfect balance of humor and pathos, intensity and lightness, the essays that comprise Room to Grow explore the "whys" rather than the "how-tos" of parenting, showing what it means to be deeply connected to another human being, and then learn how to let go. Each of the remarkably talented writers explores a particular experience or issue, including: -Alice Elliot 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 -Maxine Chernoff on raising twin boys who are very different from each other -Jon Katz on the overlooked pleasures of the after-school carpool A remarkable exploration of the parenting experience, Room to Grow unearths those priceless moments of sheer amazement, wonder, closeness, and joy.