All Joy and No Fun All Joy and No Fun

All Joy and No Fun

The Paradox of Modern Parenthood

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Publisher Description

Thousands of books have examined the effects of parents on their children. In All Joy and No Fun, award-winning journalist Jennifer Senior now asks: what are the effects of children on their parents?

In All Joy and No Fun, award-winning journalist Jennifer Senior tries to tackle this question, 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.

Meticulously researched yet imbued with emotional intelligence, 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. By focusing on parenthood, rather than parenting, the book is original and essential reading for mothers and fathers of today—and tomorrow.

GENRE
Parenting
RELEASED
2014
January 28
LANGUAGE
EN
English
LENGTH
336
Pages
PUBLISHER
Ecco
SELLER
HARPERCOLLINS PUBLISHERS
SIZE
1
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Customer Reviews

Brad Koffel ,

Lawyer

Good book for tying up a lot of loose thoughts about the contortions of parenting in 2014 and beyond. Not as over the top research driven as some may want, but entertaining and enlightening. I suggest it for anyone trying to figure out who we are supposed to be as parents.

Heartache29 ,

A narrative, not social science

This book can hardly be considered in the social science category given how little actual empirical research there is in the book. Instead, the book relies heavily on narratives and interviews with people. You would gain the same amount of knowledge from reading this book as you would from talking with friends or family. I was highly disappointed in this book.

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