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> Then we had our first child. I had made the decision to be a stay-at-home dad, with the idea that I’d squeeze in my writing early in the morning and after bedtime.

People without children have no idea how much energy parenting takes, especially in those first few years. No idea.

polishdude20 · 3d ago

Being a dog owner (starting from a puppy) was tough. I can only imagine how much more tough it is to have a child.

trod1234 · 3d ago

It's not a good idea to compare children to pets. There is no comparison.

polishdude20 · 2d ago

That's why I said I can only imagine.

nothercastle · 2d ago

It’s about the same as having a puppy except instead of a couple weeks it lasts 5 years.

htp · 3d ago

Hah, yeah. I raised a mini Australian Shepherd from a puppy, and naively thought that experience had at least somewhat prepared me for parenthood.

(It didn’t. At all. It’s an insanely wild ride.)

trod1234 · 3d ago

Not all people without children fall into this narrow stereotype.

washadjeffmad · 3d ago

Don't discount that some people struggle with the object of parenthood more than others. Maybe they'd led a more selfish life, weren't brought up to be yielding, giving, or responsible to others, and their journey required more growth than they'd anticipated.

If they didn't know that they weren't prepared, how could anyone else?

As a younger man, I spent longer than most parents actively raise their children caring for elderly family. A minor difference to child rearing is that when you no longer need you to help your children or change their diapers, it's generally not because they've died.

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