The Long Game Parent: Pacing yourself for a twenty-year project
Lena Fairwood · narrated by Nora Crane
2026
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Raising a child is not a sprint of good weeks strung together, it is a project measured in decades. This is the long view: why the early exhaustion tricks parents into treating every stage like an emergency, how to build routines that hold up over years, where to spend energy that actually compounds, and how to pace yourself so you are still steady when the teenage years arrive. Grounded, patient, and built for the whole stretch ahead.
18 chapters
- 1A Note to Begin5m
- 2Chapter 1: Playing the Long Game14m
- 3Chapter 2: The Real Problem Isn't You14m
- 4Chapter 3: Why Everyday Life Wears You Down12m
- 5Chapter 4: Start the Day Like You Mean It14m
- 6Chapter 5: The Power of the Pause12m
- 7Chapter 6: A Little Tonic for Tired Days12m
- 8Chapter 7: Learning to Say Not Now14m
- 9Chapter 8: Protecting Your Sleep Like Gold13m
- 10Chapter 9: Feeding the Family Without Losing Yourself14m
- 11Chapter 10: Finding Your People12m
- 12Chapter 11: Letting Go of Should13m
- 13Chapter 12: Riding the Seasons of Parenthood12m
- 14Chapter 13: Building Your Weekly Rhythm12m
- 15Chapter 14: When to Call for Backup14m
- 16The End of the Path4m
- 17About the Author2m
- 18The Rest of the Work1m
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