tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3178366214524455884.post3002408936900288254..comments2024-03-18T16:57:09.742-04:00Comments on The Road Less Travelled: "All Joy and No Fun" by Jennifer Senior loribethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09272814565916935113noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3178366214524455884.post-50386284458791333572014-04-14T06:59:13.417-04:002014-04-14T06:59:13.417-04:00I'm also fascinated by the changes in parentin...I'm also fascinated by the changes in parenting over time. Even though I'm not a parent (CNBC), parenting is everywhere - it's an inescapable part of other people's lives that seep into our own and I find it intriguing. To have a conversation about the trials and tribulations of parenting with others who are genuinely interested in it as a real-world sociological topic, it's kind of fun... not so with those who simply want to glorify it or make it out to be something it's not. Interesting stuff!Jenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18288266561592998739noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3178366214524455884.post-67052398118651208322014-04-09T19:34:21.489-04:002014-04-09T19:34:21.489-04:00I know exactly what you mean about wondering about...I know exactly what you mean about wondering about having kids in this current day and age. I might have had to home school, I feel like todays american education system ounds the love of learning out of kids. And I could not have been a helicopter parent!katrynkahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11627642784681329959noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3178366214524455884.post-21516548543550444282014-04-07T15:46:50.223-04:002014-04-07T15:46:50.223-04:00@Ellen, that's the next one on my list, I thin...@Ellen, that's the next one on my list, I think. ;) loribethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09272814565916935113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3178366214524455884.post-13733737386821520242014-04-07T11:12:48.201-04:002014-04-07T11:12:48.201-04:00A friend gave me this book for my February birthda...A friend gave me this book for my February birthday. I have found it very validating and recommended it to several friends. The girls are going into kindergarten next fall, so we've entered the age of concerted cultivation. That chapter is extremely accurate.<br /><br />But the book is something of a downer... I haven't gotten to the last chapter yet.<br /><br />I'm currently reading Overwhelmed. : )Ellen K.http://www.southcitysadie.typepad.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3178366214524455884.post-76692083204822984162014-04-07T02:24:14.100-04:002014-04-07T02:24:14.100-04:00How odd. I am also interested in parenting issues...How odd. I am also interested in parenting issues, and the changes today. I won't read the book - but I do appreciate your review and the snippets from it. It reminds me of something I heard the other day - I can't remember it exactly, but it was a woman driving her child to activities after school, and realising that her child doesn't spend any time alone, and has very little free time. Yet she remembered her own childhood, out in the neighbourhood (or in my case, farm) exploring and only coming in at dinner time.<br /><br />I don't think I'd be a very good helicopter parent either. Maybe though, that's why we would have been such FABULOUS parents? (And you know that no-one can say otherwise! )Malihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03928262526502319303noreply@blogger.com