Jennifer Senior: For parents, happiness is a very high bar

The parenting section of the bookstore is overwhelming—it’s “a giant, candy-colored monument to our collective panic,“ as writer Jennifer Senior puts it. Why is parenthood filled with so much anxiety? Because the goal of modern, middle-class parents—to raise happy children—is so elusive. In this honest talk, she offers some kinder and more achievable aims. TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and performances from the TED Conference, where the world’s leading thinkers and doers give th