For parents, happiness is a very high bar

Title:
For parents, happiness is a very high bar
Speaker:
Jennifer Senior
Description:

The parenting section of the bookstore is overwhelming -- it's "a giant, candy-colored monument to our collective panic," as writer Jennifer Senior puts it. Why is parenthood filled with so much anxiety? Because the goal of modern, middle-class parents -- to raise happy children -- is so elusive. In this honest talk, Senior offers some kinder and more achievable aims.

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Video Language:
English
Team:
closed TED
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TEDTalks
Duration:
18:11
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