Jennifer Senior (Get this book)From the starting point of parenting being a "high cost/high reward activity," New York contributor Senior delves into a broad survey of the topic, parsing out the different arenas in which children are molding the lives of their parents. Employment, marriage, hobbies, habits, relationships with friends and other family, even a parent's sense of his- or herself: Senior takes an analytical approach to each of these areas, looking at them through a variety of lenses--historical, economic, philosophical, anthropological. Senior could have made this book twice as long given the minefield parents and their kids face, but what she did produce is well-considered and valuable information.--Kirkus
