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Kaius · 4168 days ago · link · · parent · post: How Women Change Men - Sarah Yager - The Atlantic / Ask Hubski -father of daughters, how has it changed you?
- There's a pervasive trope in society that "children will change you." I think it's unhealthy - it cloaks "parenthood" in this gnostic veil of mystery and suggests that only those with kids have truly achieved enlightenment. It's bullshit, through and through.
- …and I'm still expecting to fuck this up royally somehow.
- While I don't think there is any veil of mystery surrounding being or becoming a parent it certainly does change people in my experience. It changed me.
I agree. It definitely enlightens you in certain areas. So do other things in life, of course, not just parenthood. But I think it's fair to say that only those with kids - and perhaps also those that care for kids - achieve enlightenment in specific related areas.
I think it's disingenuous to assert that such a massive, life-changing experience as parenthood wouldn't change you.