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are you done with your homework? reporter: the dirty little secret of modern parenting, that the day-to-die grind can turn happy people into less happy people. for me the lows are feeling sad when my kids feel sad. reporter: kathy, a professional photographer, mother of three, confessing she loves her kids and being a mom, she didn t anticipate the less joyful moments and the guilt that comes with the territory. we are so self-examining. but i think it creates a lot of guilt. reporter: author and mom jennifer is now exposing the unanticipated underbelly of parenting in her new book all joy and no fun. her research shows that parents are really no happier than nonparents. kids, it turns out, don t necessarily make life all that fun. the no fun part, i think people are much more reluctant to speak about. we know there is some drudgery associated with parenting. i don t know if we are fully prepared to talk about how much
happier than their child-free peers. juju chang checks it out. reporter: the dirty little secret of modern parenting, that the day-to-die grind can turn happy people into less happy people. to me, feeling sad when my kids feels sad. reporter: kathy confesses she loves her kids but they don t anticipate the effort and guilty feelings. i think it creates a lot of guilt. reporter: author and mom jennifer is now exposing the unanticipated underbelly of parenting in her new boom book all joy and no fun. research shows parents are no happier than nonparent. kids, it turns out, don t have to necessarily make life all that fun. the no fun part, i think people are much more reluctant to speak about. we know there is some drudgery associated with parenting.
because a dad is saying that? can you imagine if a mother said that? it would be funnier. i ll say it! that was louis c.k. weighing in on life as a parent. he is life at the beacon theater. here with us is contributing editor of new york magazinever senior who doesn t sugar coat parnhood in her new book all joy and no fun. the paradox of modern parenthood. it s so true. i ve been looking at videos of my girls when they were little and i say, they were so cute! i don t remember feeling that way at the time. oh, yes. you girls are teenagers now? yes. you realize you re not in a good place statistically. i m in a terrible place. the tensions between mothers and teenage daughters is statistically is born out to be one of the most challenging times, so look at you. you re dressed. you re functioning and you re doing your job. here is something interesting. if women in anybody has a job
was told a traffic study was going. does anybody assume, kate, that chris christie did not know? i m sorry. am i missing something here? first of all everybody knew the lanes were closed! there were helicopters, news choppers from all three networks. while they were closed! so he had to have been in a cave, maybe it seems like i ve been involved in a lot of battles with the new york times and this is where they all start, mars and venus. what chris christie s argument is that he didn t know that the purpose for the closure was political. your story seems to ignore that point altogether. this this isn t a story about lanes being closed but why they were closed. no evidence that christie knew why they were closed and where the republicans and the new york times always end up at war and we are not talking about the same story! i did not read republicans