Even when our children are still young and defenseless, we feel intimations of their departure. We find ourselves starin — Jennifer Senior, All Joy and No Fun: The Paradox of Modern Parenthood
Even when our children are still young and defenseless, we feel intimations of their departure. We find ourselves starin — Jennifer Senior, All Joy and No Fun: The Paradox of Modern Parenthood
Even when our children are still young and defenseless, we feel intimations of their departure. We find ourselves starin — Jennifer Senior, All Joy and No Fun: The Paradox of Modern Parenthood
Even when our children are still young and defenseless, we feel intimations of their departure. We find ourselves starin — Jennifer Senior, All Joy and No Fun: The Paradox of Modern Parenthood
Even when our children are still young and defenseless, we feel intimations of their departure. We find ourselves starin — Jennifer Senior, All Joy and No Fun: The Paradox of Modern Parenthood
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Even when our children are still young and defenseless, we feel intimations of their departure. We find ourselves staring at them with nostalgia, wistful for the person they're about to no longer be.

— Jennifer Senior, All Joy and No Fun: The Paradox of Modern Parenthood
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