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Summary of All Joy and No Fun 

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Parenting is amazing, but it's not the easiest thing to do. The process comes with many challenges, even for experienced people, because every child is unique. In All Joy and No Fun, Jennifer Seniors attempts to look at the experience of modern parenthood, understand the underlying factors that make it successful, and quantify what today's parents find so challenging about their lives. As you work through the chapters, you’ll discover different parenting problems and possible solutions. You’ll also see how children affect their parents at each stage of their development. And lastly, this summary will, among other things, show you how to reach a consensus on splitting chores with your partner to relieve stress. Jennifer Seniors is a mother and contributing editor at New York magazine. “There's the parenting life of our fantasies; it is often different from reality.” ~ Jennifer Seniors.

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You can’t be prepared enough for parenting

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Everyone fantasizes about the type of parent they want to be. Growing up, we look at the families around us and consider our own upbringing, then decide what sort of parent we want or don’t want to be.

We’ve all done this, but if you’re already a parent, you can tell there’s a huge gap between reality and the things you fantasized about. And it doesn’t just happen in the family context; the human mind generally has a way of over calculating or underestimating things.
Ridiculous arguments and agitation usually become a regular part of a mother's life.
Even the most organized people may not prepare themselves enough for having children. They may buy and read books on parenting, observe friends and relations, and review their childhood memories, but the distance between those experiences and the real thing is often glaring.

Prospective parents have no idea what their children will be like or how they will act; no clue what it will feel like to make simple decisions or multitask until they go through this stage.

Indeed, becoming a parent is one of the most dramatic and often sudden changes in every adult's life, but this summary hopes to encourage you and teach you how to have fun while at it.

In recent times, adults have begun to see child-rearing as a beautiful achievement; in line with that, this summary will encourage more parents to approach it with the same sense of individuality and independence that they would any other life project.

If you’re yet to be a parent, going through the chapters of this summary will help you decide if you’re ready for this life-defining experience.
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The biological differences between parents and children make it difficult to raise them

Of all the problems new parents face, sleeplessness is the most common. Even for parents-to-be, no matter how much they've been warned, they can't fully grasp the idea of sleeplessness until their first child comes along. Perhaps that's because they only think they understand what sleep deprivation feels like.
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Splitting chores between partners helps relieve the stress of parenting

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You help your child grow by taking them seriously and allowing them to learn from experience

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Unhappy parents and the problems of loneliness both affect a child’s development

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Parenting an adolescent requires patience and understanding

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