The Bluey episode "Fruit Bat" touches on this -- when you decide to have kids you're choosing to forego a lot of fun, in Bandit's case pickup football matches with adult friends.
It's a conscious choice and the tradeoff is a very different life focus. I don't think one or the other purpose is inherently better, just different.
Having two young kids at home for the past two years with full-time jobs and minimal childcare has really stretched things further than I would have expected.
Watching how much the older kid loves going to the library, check out a stack of books, take them to the playground and read them while his sister plays -- while they both exude sheer joy -- has been unforgettably good. It's not all happy times; the kids need a lot of help and they aren't always cooperative. But it's the job I signed up for and it has a uniquely valuable comp structure.
It's a conscious choice and the tradeoff is a very different life focus. I don't think one or the other purpose is inherently better, just different.
Having two young kids at home for the past two years with full-time jobs and minimal childcare has really stretched things further than I would have expected.
Watching how much the older kid loves going to the library, check out a stack of books, take them to the playground and read them while his sister plays -- while they both exude sheer joy -- has been unforgettably good. It's not all happy times; the kids need a lot of help and they aren't always cooperative. But it's the job I signed up for and it has a uniquely valuable comp structure.