Ask HN: What was the biggest contributor to your happiness in the past year?

Re:Ask HN: What was the biggest contributor to your happines... by sprocket on Sunday March 21, 2021 @12:26AM (#26528105)

My son's daycare closed permanently almost a year ago, and my wife and I had to adjust to have a 3 going on 4 year old at home with us 24/7. While it hasn't been easy, it's been a joy watching him grow over this past year, having time to bond with him (generally he favours his mom), and to have greater insight into who he is becoming as a person.

It has been a difficult time for everyone, but I honestly believe that this will be formative time not just for him, but for my wife and I, and one that we will look back upon fondly.

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Re:Ask HN: What was the biggest contributor to your happines... by AnonC on Sunday March 21, 2021 @03:13AM (#26528683)

I think this is one of the curses of modern life, more so in the rat race, that one misses on just living with kids (who, most likely, will be living with parents for probably two or three decades of their lives and then move out). The current times generally have more fathers being participative in parenting compared to the past. It seems such a waste of time, if it’s feasible without breaking the bank, to not enjoy more of this phase.

This early stage is also the time when the kids are more dependent and more close in some senses. Can’t roll back the clock later.

BTW, a grammar nitpick. It should be “but for my wife and me”, not “ but for my wife and I”.

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Re:Ask HN: What was the biggest contributor to your happines... by searchableguy on Sunday March 21, 2021 @04:15AM (#26528917)

> I think this is one of the curses of modern life, more so in the rat race, that one misses on just living with kids

Statistically, parents are spending more time with their kids than they did in the past.

https://ourworldindata.org/parents-time-with-kids

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