Why This Matters
This article highlights how becoming a parent can dramatically change one's perspective, transforming initial fears and stereotypes into profound joy and responsibility. For the tech industry, this underscores the importance of designing products and services that support parents and families, acknowledging the emotional and practical shifts they experience. For consumers, it emphasizes the potential for personal growth and new outlooks that come with parenthood, encouraging a more empathetic understanding of parents' lives.
Key Takeaways
- Parenthood can drastically change perceptions and feelings about children.
- Chemical and emotional shifts after having kids foster increased empathy and responsibility.
- Understanding these changes can help the tech industry create better support tools for parents.
December 2019
Before I had kids, I was afraid of having kids. Up to that point I felt about kids the way the young Augustine felt about living virtuously. I'd have been sad to think I'd never have children. But did I want them now? No.
If I had kids, I'd become a parent, and parents, as I'd known since I was a kid, were uncool. They were dull and responsible and had no fun. And while it's not surprising that kids would believe that, to be honest I hadn't seen much as an adult to change my mind. Whenever I'd noticed parents with kids, the kids seemed to be terrors, and the parents pathetic harried creatures, even when they prevailed.
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