​​To procreate or not to procreate: that is the question.

The choice, in itself, is a big conversation in society, and often something that is highly judged. Even the relationships we have with our own parents are expected to fit a norm that doesn't actually exist.

The Keeping It Under Wraps anthology series provides a safe space to change the narrative, to speak openly about individual experiences, and in the end to understand that while each experience is different, we are not so different from each other.

Let's keep talking.

This anthology includes personal essays from international authors on topics such as: fostering, baby loss, elder care, estrangement, childbirth, teenage pregnancy, childlessness, infertility, mental health, neurodiversity, disability, child abuse, diversity, LGBTQIA+ families, and other parenting issues.

• Childbirth is Beautiful. Any Questions?
• Tracy Hope
• Single and Childfree - Don't Feel Sorry for Me
• Iris Leona Marie Cross
• Lions and Tigers
• Kate Paine
• Unexpected
• Christine Breede
• Swallowing Lies and Forgetting Truths
• Desiree-Anne Martin
• Choices and Chaos
• Alnaaze Nathoo
• Teenage Dirtbag
• Louise Bryant
• The Comparison Game
• Louise Vargas
• To Have Kid or Kids, That is the Question
• Emily Lacika
• When They Stop Growing
• Chital Mehta
• Daughters
• Jessica S. Wang
• Does My Mind-Body Remember a Trauma I've Never Experienced?
• Yael Rosenstock Gonzalez
• Bequeathal
• Natasha Cabot
• Childlessness
• David Stromberg
• A Shared Heart
• Daniel Preston
• Though Parenthood Came Late for Me
• San Lin Tun
• Nine Tries
• Carey Cook
• A Snapshot of Foster Parenting
• Hana M. Lin
• Despite My Mormon Upbringing
• Jessica Joe
• My Family and Dead Animals
• Amy Bowers
• Selective Parenting
• Meredith Wadley
• If Children Are a Blessing, I'd Rather Be Cursed
• Adrian Slonacker
• Thirsty Penguins
• Levi Rogers
• I Am Put Away for Now
• Tara Giroud
• Afterword