TY - BOOK AU - Newman,Catherine TI - Catastrophic happiness: finding joy in childhood's messy years SN - 9780316337502 PY - 2016/// CY - New York PB - Little, Brown and Company KW - Newman, Catherine, KW - Parent and child KW - Child rearing KW - Parenting N1 - Prologue: It gets better -- Civilizing -- Enduring -- Learning -- Inquiring -- Launching -- Faltering -- Becoming -- Epilogue: And better still N2 - The author discusses the bittersweet joy of raising children as she describes her family's own journey; What will your children remember from their childhood? Newman discusses the bittersweet joys of raising children, and reflects on the ever-evolving roles parents play as children pass from baby to child to teen. Her fresh take will appeal to any parent riding this roller coaster of laughter and heartbreak ER -