Childlessness Transformed: Stories of Alternative Parenting

by Jane English

In this book childless people tell their personal stories of finding forms of parenting other than through biological children. It includes chapters by Jeffrey Mishlove, Jane English, Stanislav Grof, Brooke Medicine Eagle, and 16 other men and women from many walks of life. There is also a cross-cultural and historical overview of the roles of childless people. The book speaks to people facing infertility, to people choosing childlessness in an overpopulated world, and to therapists and counselors.

168 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1989

About the author

Jane English (born 1942) is a physicist, photographer, journalist and translator.

English received her B.A. in Physics from Mount Holyoke College in 1964 and Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin-Madison for her work in high energy particle physics. She taught courses in Oriental thought and modern physics at Colorado College.

English is known for her collaborative translation of the Tao Te Ching of Lao Tsu which she illustrated through photography, in collaboration with her spouse Gia-Fu Feng.