This onepage guide includes a plot summary and brief analysis of all joy and no fun by jennifer senior. All joy and no fun is an important book, much the way the feminine mystique was, because it offers parents a common language, an understanding that theyre not alone in their struggles, and an explanation of the cultural, political, and economic reasons for them. Feb 02, 2014 if there is a downside to this excellent book, it is that seniors tone is sometimes too breezy and often rushed, which can make all joy and no fun feel like a succession of smart magazine. The paradox of modern parenthood and millions of other books are available for instant access. This mindset is encapsulated in one bookthrowing sentence in all joy and no fun, uttered by a loving, wellintentioned mom in suburban houston. The instant new york times bestseller that the christian science monitor declared an important book, much the way the feminine mystique was, because it offers parents a common language, an understanding that theyre not alone. Mind hacks a smart, incredibly accurate, and thorough description of modernday. By focusing on parenthood, rather than parenting, the book is original and essential reading for. All the amazing books, authors, and publishers out there. A richly woven, entertaining, enlightening, wrenching and funny book. How kids manage to be all joy and no fun we call babies bundles of joy, but decades of social science research show that kids dont make parents happier. Why you should listen jennifer senior is a contributing editor at new york magazine, where she writes profiles and cover stories about politics, social science and mental health. All joy and no fun the paradox of modern parenthood book.
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Jan 30, 2014 if you are tempted to read just one more book on the arguably overexamined subject of parenthood, let it be jennifer seniors wise and surprising all joy and no fun ecco. All joy can be both amusing and demoralizing my husband finally made me stop reading him the wives criticisms of their husbands, but ultimately, its an important book, much the way the. While we focus so much on happiness, it doesnt encompass those transcendent moments of pure joy and grace. All joy and no fun kobo ebook copperfields books inc. In a groundbreaking 2010 story for the magazine, called all joy and no fun. All joy and no fun explores the new parent trap newsday. Jan 20, 2015 all joy and no fun is the instant new york times bestseller that the christian science monitor declared an important book, much the way the feminine mystique was, because it offers parents a common language, an understanding that theyre not alone. All joy and no fun begins a dialogue about how children change their parents. Chapters are organized loosely by stage of childhood, explaining how each stage impacts parents. I rarely read nonfiction, but i saw this book at the library the day before we left on vacation and i grabbed it.
It made me realize that my experience as a parent is very normal. Alison gopnik, bestselling author of the philosophical baby. In all joy and no fun, awardwinning journalist jennifer senior analyzes the many ways children reshape their parents lives. The paradox of modern parenthood, provides muchneeded analysis. Jennifer senior is a contributing editor at new york magazine, where she writes profiles and cover stories about politics, social science and mental health. Theres no shortage of books about how parents affect their.
Jan 27, 2014 but as all joy and no fun moves on to older children and more complex problems, it begins to bog down, as might be expected. All joy and no fun posted february 27, 2014 by jenny about a decade ago, when the girls were 6 months and almost 2, i showed up to the lobby of my office building just as i had every morning for five years and started rooting around my bag for the i. In all joy and no fun, awardwinning journalist jennifer senior analyzes the many ways children reshape their parents lives, whether its their marriages, their jobs, their habits, their hobbies, their friendships, or their internal senses of self. The title of jennifer seniors book all joy and no fun contrasts the strains of daytoday parenting with the transcendent experience of raising a child. The last chapter in the book is all about joy, making a strong distinction from happiness. Jan 28, 2014 j ennifer seniors new book, all joy and no fun, examines being a parent through a most unusual lens. All joy and no fun by jennifer senior kansas city public. The instant new york times bestseller that the christian science monitor declared an important book, much the way the feminine mystique was, because it.
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In all joy and no fun, awardwinning journalist jennifer senior tries to tackle this question, isolating and analyzing the many ways in which children reshape their parents lives, whether its their marriages, their jobs, their habits, their hobbies, their friendships, or their internal senses of self. The paradox of modern parenthood by senior, jennifer isbn. By focusing on parenthood, rather than parenting, the book is original and essential reading for mothers and. The paradox of modern parenthood, jennifer senior holds a mirror up to todays family and shows us how we got to this place where raising children has become, to quote. Before it was a book, all joy and no fun was an article in new york magazine, where senior is a contributing editor. Thousands of books have examined the effects of parents on their children. Why parents hate parenting, she examined the social science around modern parenting, looking at happiness. A site dedicated to book lovers providing a forum to discover and share commentary about the books and authors they enjoy. In her new book all joy and no fun, jennifer senior says parenting research. The paradox of modern parenthood is a 2014 nonfiction book about the ways that children reshape their parents lives and how the role of parenthood has changed over the past 50 years. In all joy and no fun, awardwinning journalist jennifer senior isolates and analyzes the many ways in which children reshape their parents lives, whether its their marriages, their jobs, their habits, their hobbies, their friendships, or their internal senses of self.
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