THE BOOKCASE / PUBLISHED & IN PROGRESS
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A published book and a manuscript still taking shape.
01The World Needs More Middle Children
The World Needs More Middle Children
What the Loss of the Natural Peacemaker Is Costing Us
- Author
- Ryan Wach
- First published
- 2026
The book considers what shrinking families and fewer middle children may mean for the ways people learn negotiation, peacemaking and perspective-taking. It also examines how those habits can be practiced beyond a particular place in the birth order.
FROM THE PUBLISHED CONTENTS
- What the Science Actually Says
- Where Did All the Middle Children Go?
- You Don't Have to Be One to Think Like One
- Raising Middle-Child Thinkers
02Through My Hands
Through My Hands
A True Story of a Father and Son Through It All
A memoir in progress.
Through My Hands is about a father’s love for his son, tested by a 120 foot fall in the mountains, and how fatherhood, faith, and hope endure when protecting your child is no longer within your control.