“In economic terms, I’m helping to create human capital, which accounts for two-thirds of global wealth...”
y the time I gave birth to my second daughter, her older sister was just 19 months old. At the time, I did research for a small nonprofit and my income barely covered the childcare I’d need to keep doing it. So, likeI didn’t have a problem with the decision. Thanks to my background in public policy, I’m well aware of the economic value of parenting.
This is frustrating, because I’ve sharpened a wide range of skills as a parent: patience, adaptability, multitasking, communication, budgeting, problem solving. I’ve become more efficient. I can finish tasks that once took me an hour during the 15 minutes my toddlers eat their breakfast. I’ve become more decisive, simply because I no longer have much uninterrupted time for hemming and hawing.
While many of the tasks of parenthood bear little resemblance to an office job, the mental labor involved is not so different This has never been more obvious than right now, as the coronavirus has forced parents to shoulder caregiving duties previously outsourced to daycares and schools in addition to their other jobs.
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