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EPISODE · May 9, 2014 · 18 MIN

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

from TED Inspirational · host TED: Ideas worth spreading

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, she offers some kinder and more achievable aims. A video of this talk

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