Jennifer Senior

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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

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Vocabulary for aggravation is large. Vocabulary for transcendence is elusive

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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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The author observes the shift now that children are not a source of labor for the family, that they have gone from employees of the parents to the bosses of the parents

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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