Table of contents
Introduction . . . 5
Chapter 1. Competition: Investing in children . . . 11
Chapter 2. Boredom: The boredom of domesticity . . . 26
Chapter 3. Fatigue: Double shift . . . 36
Chapter 4. Envy and comparisons . . . 55
Chapter 5. The gendered sense of sin . . . 66
Chapter 6. Persecution mania: Different standards, worrying, and household managers . . . 81
Chapter 7. Fear of public opinion: New fathers . . . 94
References . . . 114
List of online comments . . . 128