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

The parenting section of the bookstore is overwhelmingit s a giant, candycolored monument to our collective panic, as writer Jennifer Senior puts it. Why is parenthood filled with so much anxiety Because the goal of modern, middleclass parentsto raise happy childrenis 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