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All Joy and No Fun: The Paradox of Modern Parenthood
What's happening to us? How did we arrive at this set of values? How is it possible that 'bullshit tasks' are perceived to be easier/ more enjoyable than 'spending time with your kid' [or just even: any child]? It left me in disbelief.
Our relationship to children
by postponing children, many modern parents are far more aware of the freedoms they’re giving up.
Jennifer Senior • All Joy and No Fun
Raising children should not be as lonely, bankrupting, and exhausting as it is.
Angela Garbes • Essential Labor: Mothering as Social Change
The early research is decisive: Having kids is bad for quality of life. In one study, the psychologist Daniel Kahneman and his colleagues asked about 900 employed women to report, at the end of each day, every one of their activities and how happy they were when they did them. They recalled being with their children as less enjoyable than many othe
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