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Award-winning journalist Jennifer Senior tries to tackle the issue
of the effects of children on their parents, isolating and
analyzing the many ways in which children reshape their parents'
lives, whether it's their marriages, their jobs, their habits,
their hobbies, their friendships, or their internal senses of self.
She argues that changes in the last half-century have radically
altered the roles of today's mothers and fathers, making their
mandates at once more complex and far less clear. Recruiting from a
wide variety of sources - in history, sociology, economics,
psychology, philosophy, and anthropology - she dissects both the
timeless strains of parenting and the ones that are brand new, and
then brings her research to life in the homes of ordinary parents
around the country. The result is an unforgettable series of family
portraits, starting with parents of young children and progressing
to parents of teens. Through lively and accessible storytelling,
Senior follows these mothers and fathers as they wrestle with some
of parenthood's deepest vexations - and luxuriate in some of its
finest rewards. All Joy and No Fun makes us reconsider some of our
culture's most basic beliefs about parenthood, all while
illuminating the profound ways children deepen and add purpose to
our lives. All Joy and No Fun is original and essential reading for
mothers and fathers of today - and tomorrow.
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