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All Joy and No Fun: The Paradox of Modern Parenthood
There is something effortlessly composed about French children. They sit patiently at restaurants, sleep soundly through the night, and seem to possess an innate sense of independence and self-control. Meanwhile, their parents appear calm, confident, and seemingly unburdened by the constant stress that defines modern parenting elsewhere. What’s the
... See moreKids are no longer allowed to drop out of school in order to work, and the world now requires more and more schooling to succeed. What’s more, parents feel a great need to protect their children. Many, especially in the middle class, have waited forever to have them. They fear for their physical safety and economic security.
Jennifer Senior • All Joy and No Fun
The Gift of Failure: How the Best Parents Learn to Let Go So Their Children Can Succeed
Jessica Lahey • 5 highlights
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organized people can do to prepare themselves for having children. They can buy all the books, observe friends and relations, review their own memories of childhood. But the distance between those proxy experiences and the real thing, ultimately, can be measured in light-years. Prospective parents have no clue what their children will be like; no c
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