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“Vocabulary for aggravation is large. Vocabulary for transcendence is elusive.”

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Book:All Joy and No Fun: The Paradox of Modern Parenthood

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“Couples with children may argue more, the author suggests, because children are a reminder of just how crucial our choices are.”

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Book:All Joy and No Fun: The Paradox of Modern Parenthood

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“What makes a mother? Looking at your child and identifying emotion”

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Book:All Joy and No Fun: The Paradox of Modern Parenthood

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“But the truth is, there’s little even the most 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 clue what it will mean to have their hearts permanently annexed; no clue what it will feel like to second-guess so many seemingly simple decisions, or to be multitasking even while they’re brushing their teeth, or to have a ticker tape of concerns forever whipping through their heads. Becoming a parent is one of the most sudden and dramatic changes in adult life.”

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Book:All Joy and No Fun: The Paradox of Modern Parenthood

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“Even when our children are still young and defenseless, we feel intimations of their departure. We find ourselves staring at them with nostalgia, wistful for the person they're about to no longer be.”

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Book:All Joy and No Fun: The Paradox of Modern Parenthood

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“Children live life as a controlled experiment.”

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Book:All Joy and No Fun: The Paradox of Modern Parenthood

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“During childhood, it’s about trying to help develop who your kid’s going to be. During adolescence, it’s about responding to who your kid wants to be.”

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“The paper was called “Parenthood as Crisis,” and in just four pages the author managed to destroy the prevailing orthodoxy, declaring that "babies weaken marriages rather than save them".”

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Book:All Joy and No Fun: The Paradox of Modern Parenthood

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“Estimates vary as to how much a couple’s time together declines, but the most commonly cited study says it drops by two-thirds once a child is born. The nature of this time together changes dramatically too.”

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Book:All Joy and No Fun: The Paradox of Modern Parenthood

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