Reviews several books about reproductive and infant psychology. 'The Impossibility of Motherhood: Feminism, Individualism and the Problem of Mothering,' by Patrice DiQuinzio; 'Crying As a Sign, a Symptom, and a Signal: Clinical, Emotional and Developmental Aspects of Infant and Toddler Crying,' edited by Ronald G. Barr, Brian Hopkins and James A. Green; 'The Development of Children,' by Michael Cole and Sheila R. Cole.