104. It's not up to you to make your child happy, featuring Jennifer Senior - a podcast by Erin Holland

Parenthood doesn’t come with a guidebook. We live in confusing times, and we are left to define parenting on our own terms. Sometimes, this is terrifying (since we don’t want to mess up our kids!). But it can also be amazingly freeing. Today’s episode features New York Times writer Jennifer Senior, who explains that there may be a better goal in parenting than the elusive dream of wanting our kids to be happy.

You can find the full clip here, and for more info about Jennifer Senior, check out her website. Take a look at her book, All Joy and No Fun: The Paradox of Modern Parenthood, at https://amzn.to/3cGd1d.

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