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Perfect Madness

Judith Warner

Why did a generation of free, privileged American women end up bound to a tight and anxious image of motherhood?

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Author
Judith Warner

Why read it

  • You will learn to ask what the point is of the endless activities and pressure that fill a childhood
  • You will question the idea that parents freely choose how to balance work and children
  • You will recognize how shared anxiety about children spreads among parents and what it costs them

Who it is for

  • A parent worn out by tutoring, sports and school schedules
  • A woman deciding how to balance work and young children
  • A partner or friend puzzled by why parents seem so stressed

Contents

  1. Foreword
  2. PART 1 - The Mommy Mystique
  3. PREFACE - “This Mess”
  4. 1. - Introduction: The Mommy Mystique
  5. A GENERATION OF CONTROL FREAKS
  6. THE CHOICE MYTH
  7. PART 2 - The Motherhood Religion
  8. TOTAL-REALITY MOTHERHOOD
  9. MOTHERS’ LIB
  10. 4. - Selfish Mothers, Forsaken Children
  11. 5. - Millennial Motherhood
  12. MOTHER IMAGE PROBLEMS
  13. PART 3 - Ourselves, as Mothers
  14. GIRL POWER
  15. FEMINISM IN THE AGE OF NARCISSISM
  16. MINING THE BODY
  17. LIFE’S LITTLE HELPERS
  18. THE AGE OF ANXIETY
  19. ARE WE DOING ANY GOOD?
  20. 10. - Wonderful Husbands
  21. WINNERS AND LOSERS
  22. A POLITICS OF QUALITY OF LIFE
  23. CHANGING THE RULES OF THE GAME
  24. 12. - Conclusion
  25. PERFECT MADNESS

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