All Joy and No Fun: The Paradox of Modern Parenthood

from ASKelmore

I'm working on a book right now about how those of us without children can relate to our friends with kids. I don't have kids and I won't be having kids, so most of what I know about kids comes from watching my friends raising their own. But I live in the world, and I see so much out there about ...

from dchaikin

2. All Joy and No Fun : The Paradox of Modern Parenthood (Audio) by Jennifer Senior, read by the author (2014, 8:20, 320 pages in paperback, read Dec 18 - Jan 4) Senior writes about what parenting does to parents. She starts off by bringing up the research showing that adults without children are...

from TheMadTurtle

This is a book that every parent should read. Senior provides a lot of information that may be hard to swallow - especially for dads, but it's good information to have. Rather than put the focus on how parenting affects the child, the focus of this book is on how having children affects parents. ...

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I've disavowed most “parenting” books but this one is a true breath of air, and not about how to parent but why it's even a verb “to parent.” At turns validating and elucidating, Senior mixes scientific research on the relationships between parents and kids with anecdotes from people who sound li...

from mcelhra

All Joy and No Fun isn't a traditional parenting book. It's not going to give you a new system to disciple your child. Part of it is a fascinating look at how parenting has changed through the years. Up until child labor laws were enacted, children were expected to work or to be seen and not hear...