Catastrophic happiness : finding joy in childhood's messy years
Title:
Catastrophic happiness : finding joy in childhood's messy years
Author:
Newman, Catherine, 1968- author.
ISBN:
9780316337502
Personal Author:
Edition:
First edition.
Physical Description:
vii, 215 pages ; 22 cm
Contents:
Prologue: It gets better -- Civilizing -- Enduring -- Learning -- Inquiring -- Launching -- Faltering -- Becoming -- Epilogue: And better still.
Abstract:
The author discusses the bittersweet joy of raising children as she describes her family's own journey.
What will your children remember from their childhood? Newman discusses the bittersweet joys of raising children, and reflects on the ever-evolving roles parents play as children pass from baby to child to teen. Her fresh take will appeal to any parent riding this roller coaster of laughter and heartbreak.
