Parent Plans: Hetero

Me and husband started going over the content of this book and it was very helpful to have a wonderful discussion. It directed our conversations about areas of parenthood that we have not thought about before. Thank you very much for this amazing book.

This book is like the cherry on top for couples especially those doing classes or counseling. Love it!

Really appreciated this guide to parenting. Helped my partner and I align on our desires and dreams.

Love working through this book with my husband. It has brought up some important conversations that I would rather work through now than when we are sleep deprived with a newborn!

My husband and I have just started diving into this great little book! It has helped us to start our plans and allowed us to explore topics of parenthood that we had not thought about before. We can't thank you enough for all the great conversation starters and guidance this book has!

Helpful in our journey

I was hesitant on having children due to many reasons. I thought purchasing this book who help my husband and I dig deeper on becoming parents. I feel more confident on becoming a parent and feel like my husband and I grew closer and are excited for our next adventure, so thank you!

Really good conversation starter!

We both sat down on a Saturday night and went through many of the questions we felt were relevant to our exploratory discussion about family planning at this stage. It was interesting and helpful! We enjoyed the practice of having open-ended question prompts to get the dialogue going.

Talking about TTC and our future as parents is not always easy with my husband. Using this little book was really helpful to work on little by little and have some meaningful and solid discussions with some direction.

Helpful for my partner and I to say what we're thinking and uncover things we assumed we agreed on but actually need to explore together. Also help you get excited about the future together. :D

I purchased this as a gift for my sister, paged thru it before wrapping it and immediately loved everything about it! I found this 'lil book to be comprehensive, fun & prodding in a gentle, but you-gotta-figure-this-stuff-out kinda way. One thought: maybe change it to a spiral bound book? Otherwise, it's my new go-to gift for future parents.

I love it!

My husband and I just started this. Although we’ve discussed a lot of the topics before, it’s fun to write down our answers and do an activity together. The order of the sections seems a little off (it says to jump around and we will, but feels weird to talk names ahead of TTC topics). Also, some of the questions are not applicable to most people filling this out (like if you care about the gender of your baby).

My partner and I purchased this book to open the door to a parenting conversation. Turns out we had already covered a lot of this in our day to day and how we lead our lives currently. However, it did open the door to some great conversations for us. Would highly suggest if you’re looking to start this convo with your partner.

My partner and I are liking this book very much and it has begun some really interesting conversations. I left off a star only because I think the book was biiled as a sort of prep for *if* a couple should start a family. The first two sections include things like names, gender etc that assume you would have already have decided that you want a child. The final sections I think should actually be in the beginning and that is where we started to read. It goes over thinking about how your relationship as a couple would change, and the money involved in taking care of a kid. All in all, though, it's nice to have a book written by outside eyes to ground us in our conversations.

It definitely has very helpful points that are important to address pre pregnancy, I am glad I purchased this book. We’ve read a chapter every night and sloped some questions that we will resume for later on.

I liked the prompts. It was all important conversations my partner and I had had but it was nice seeing things written out and revisted. We plan on using it again when I'm pregnant and see if our feelings have changed or if we can expand on things!

Only thing I found was that I wished there was more information about trying to conceive.

I was hoping for a book with insight and hard-hitting reality checks about pregnancy and parenting. This "book" seems more geared toward people who haven't really thought about the major implications of bringing a new human being into existence but look at it as if it is just another line on the to-do list of life. Most disturbingly, there is a page listing famous TV parents that asks the reader(s) which three couples they will most be like when parenting...

My husband and I aren't shy to have emotional or difficult conversations, but with conceiving and pregnancy as we're just starting our journey we don't always know what conversations to have or where to start. We opened this work book three days again and have had so much fun answering the questions. There was a lot of topics we had already discussed (how many children we want) but maybe not gone into depth (how to emotionally prepare for infertility or miscarriage), and some topics that we never even thought of. I was afraid this book might be corny or awkward but I'm so happy I got it. Highly recommend!

Just getting started, but its been a wonderful basis to start our conversation about future planning. Very grateful for the resource!

This is a very comprehensive checklist of factors to consider in preparing to start a family. Not only was it comprehensive, but the format and content was easily digestible and well organized.

This was fantastic. We were able to get on the same page about a lot of things we had never talked about before -- like what we would do if we got pregnant and found out the fetus had something really wrong. We also talked about expectations around grandparents which we hadn't really thought through before (unfortunately our parents live in different cities and trying to figure out best place for us post-COVID). I definitely think it is worth going through this book before you get pregnant!