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Here s an take a piece of paper Grab a pen pencil crayon any drawing utensil within reach Now draw a typical family The shape of family has changed in the 21st century While the nuclear family still exists many types of kinship surround us Kin is an investigation into what influences us to have children and the new ways that have made parenthood possible It delves into the experiences of couples without children single parents by choice and rainbow families and investigates the impacts of adoption sperm donation IVF and surrogacy and the potential for a future of designer babies Assisted reproductive technology has developed quickly and the ways in which we think and speak about its implications both legally and ethically need to catch up. Kindergarten Written by journalist Marina Kamenev Family in the 21st century is an incisive and powerful look at how families are created today and how they might be created in the future A careful and compassionate exploration of the creativity pain and power involved in the eternally imperfect art of family making Gina Rushton author of The Most Important Job in the World A forensically researched book that s impossible to put down Kamenev deftly demonstrates how society s understanding of family has changed through the generations and what it might mean now You ll be thinking about the issues she explores for years to come Isabelle Oderberg author of Hard to Investigating the science and silence of miscarriage Told with deep insight and heart this groundbreaking book will broaden and transform your understanding of what defines and constitutes a family A thoroughly quotable triumph Nadine J Cohen author of Everyone and Everything A thorough and fascinating investigation into the myriad ways and complicated ethics of making modern families that explodes the outdated notion of the nuclear unit Alexandra Collier author of Heartbreak bad dates and finding solo motherhood Kin is a veritable tome on family from its evolution to the unique ways we build it that makes clear Western society s concepts of family reproduction and kinship need updating Kamenev s thoughtful and often witty voice combined with meticulously researched stories makes Kin a fascinating read Roz Bellamy author of A memoir of love identity and mental health and editor in chief of Archer magazine Well researched and animated by a multitude of voices Kin is a complex and moving account of how our capacity to create new forms of family has not always been accompanied by sufficient reflection At the same time Kin reveals the ways in which those who want to restrict the medical procedures that make these contemporary families draw from conservative notions of the traditional family and biological essentialism that are often at odds with their broader political beliefs Kin is an important addition to our understanding of how modern kinship relations are understood generated and regulated Fiona Kelly Dean of La Trobe University law school and an expert in family and health law Kin Family in the 21st centuryThis is a book about how families are created now different types of procedures are discussed There is adoption surrogacy donor conceived and who know what the future holds But this book is about the privileged people who can afford all these It doesn t not talk about the poor surrogates who are exploited in third world countries so that someone can have a family The book has lots of personal stories about parents children and different types of families But not a single word from a person in the poorer countries who is carrying the children Are they getting proper care and treatment is this arrangement really helpful for them If all I can think about is my own family and I want to have it at any cost to others then are you not exploiting the less fortunate It s like I want the 5 Kmart T shirt and I don t care if anyone died to make it Also the constant push from the author to monetise everything from sperm egg donation to surrogacy in Australia is mind blowing It s the need to copy an US model where they don t even have any consistent policy to manage it each state has different rules This book has nothing about kinship it s only about different ways of having children even at a cost to others Kin Family in the 21st century 3.5 Kin Family in the 21st century