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Consider All Joy and No Fun by Jennifer Senior.

“Jennifer Senior turns the usual parenting question around by asking what children do to parents’ time, priorities and identity, using reported anecdotes, interviews and snapshots of social data. The book reads like longform magazine journalism: conversational, observant and full of concrete family scenes that name common frustrations and small pleasures. Its strength is the language it gives to everyday limitations; its limit is repetition and occasional stretches of research-summary that slow the narrative for readers seeking a brisk how-to.”