Anguishing over parenting

Explore the anguish of modern parenting with this curated book list. From Lionel Shriver's chilling *We Need to Talk About Kevin* to insightful family dynamics in *Reviving Ophelia*, discover compelling fiction and real-life stories that capture the emotional struggles, sacrifices, and hidden fears of raising children.

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The Ghost in the House: Motherhood, Raising Children, and Struggling with Depression Poster
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The Ghost in the House: Motherhood, Raising Children, and Struggling with Depression

 

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Confessions of a Slacker Mom Poster
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Confessions of a Slacker Mom

 

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Mothering Without A Map: The Search for the Good Mother Within Poster
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Mothering Without A Map: The Search for the Good Mother Within

 

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Teenage Waistland: A Former Fat Kid Weighs In on Living Large, Losing Weight, and How Parents Can Poster
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Teenage Waistland: A Former Fat Kid Weighs In on Living Large, Losing Weight, and How Parents Can

 

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So Glad We Waited!: A Hand-Holding Guide for Over-35 Parents Poster
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So Glad We Waited!: A Hand-Holding Guide for Over-35 Parents

 

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Baby Laughs: The Naked Truth About the First Year of Mommyhood Poster
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Baby Laughs: The Naked Truth About the First Year of Mommyhood

 

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Will's Choice : A Suicidal Teen, a Desperate Mother, and a Chronicle of Recovery Poster
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Will's Choice : A Suicidal Teen, a Desperate Mother, and a Chronicle of Recovery

 

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The Birth Order Effect: How to Better Understand Yourself and Others Poster
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The Birth Order Effect: How to Better Understand Yourself and Others

 

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Somebody's Child: Stories from the Private Files of an Adoption Attorney Poster
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Somebody's Child: Stories from the Private Files of an Adoption Attorney

 

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The Broken Cord Poster
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The Broken Cord

 

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We Need to Talk About Kevin: A Novel Poster
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We Need to Talk About Kevin: A Novel

 

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Domestic Pleasures: A Novel Poster
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Domestic Pleasures: A Novel

 

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Waiting for Birdy: A Year of Frantic Tedium, Neurotic Angst, and the Wild Magic of Growing a Family Poster
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Waiting for Birdy: A Year of Frantic Tedium, Neurotic Angst, and the Wild Magic of Growing a Family

 

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Alex–The Life of a Child: A Father Recalls His Daughter's Courageous Struggle with Cystic Fibrosis Poster
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Alex–The Life of a Child: A Father Recalls His Daughter's Courageous Struggle with Cystic Fibrosis

 

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The Hazards of Sleeping Alone Poster
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The Hazards of Sleeping Alone

 

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What It Takes To Pull Me Through: Why Teenagers Get in Trouble and How Four of Them Got Out Poster
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What It Takes To Pull Me Through: Why Teenagers Get in Trouble and How Four of Them Got Out

 

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First-Time Mom: Getting Off on the Right Foot From Birth to First Grade Poster
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First-Time Mom: Getting Off on the Right Foot From Birth to First Grade

 

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Raising Blaze : Bringing Up an Extraordinary Son in an Ordinary World Poster
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Raising Blaze : Bringing Up an Extraordinary Son in an Ordinary World

 

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Reviving Ophelia: Saving the Selves of Adolescent Girls Poster
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Reviving Ophelia: Saving the Selves of Adolescent Girls

 

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Hello, My Name Is Mommy : The Dysfunctional Girl's Guide to Having, Loving Poster
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Hello, My Name Is Mommy : The Dysfunctional Girl's Guide to Having, Loving

 

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Growing Girls: The Mother of All Adventures Poster
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Growing Girls: The Mother of All Adventures

 

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Schuyler's Monster: A Father's Journey with His Wordless Daughter Poster
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Schuyler's Monster: A Father's Journey with His Wordless Daughter

 

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Love Works Like This: Moving from One Kind of Life to Another Poster
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Love Works Like This: Moving from One Kind of Life to Another

 

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The Mask of Motherhood: How Becoming a Mother Changes Our Lives and Why We Never Talk About It Poster
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The Mask of Motherhood: How Becoming a Mother Changes Our Lives and Why We Never Talk About It

 

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Life After Birth: What Even Your Friends Won't Tell You About Motherhood Poster
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Life After Birth: What Even Your Friends Won't Tell You About Motherhood

 

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I Don't Know How She Does It Poster
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I Don't Know How She Does It

 

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Misconceptions: Truth, Lies, and the Unexpected on the Journey to Motherhood Poster
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Misconceptions: Truth, Lies, and the Unexpected on the Journey to Motherhood

 

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Augusta, Gone: A True Story Poster
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Augusta, Gone: A True Story

 

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Breakfast with Tiffany: An Uncle's Memoir Poster
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Breakfast with Tiffany: An Uncle's Memoir

 

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Louder Than Words: A Mother's Journey in Healing Autism Poster
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Louder Than Words: A Mother's Journey in Healing Autism

 

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Becoming the Parent You Want to Be: A Sourcebook of Strategies for the First Five Years Poster
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Becoming the Parent You Want to Be: A Sourcebook of Strategies for the First Five Years

 

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Acceptance: A Novel Poster
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Acceptance: A Novel

 

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Parenthood Poster
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Parenthood

(1989)

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Thirteen Poster
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Thirteen

(2003)

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Stepmom Poster
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Stepmom

(1998)

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Spanglish Poster
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Spanglish

(2004)

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Away We Go Poster
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Away We Go

 

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Everybody's Fine Poster
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Everybody's Fine

 

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Honey We're Killing the Kids - Episode 1:Too Much, Too Soon Poster
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Honey We're Killing the Kids - Episode 1:Too Much, Too Soon

 

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Raising Cain: Exploring the Inner Lives of America's Boys PBS Home Video Poster
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Raising Cain: Exploring the Inner Lives of America's Boys PBS Home Video

 

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