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My beef isn't with the occasional inconvenience of someone being late or taking the day off because they are a parent. It's the double standard and favouritism that occurs because someone's life is deemed more stressful or important because they have a child, that they get to pawn off work stress to the people without children. I don't mind picking up slack when unpredictable situations occur, but what I don't like is hearing that someone gets to pick and choose what work they can do because having a child is stressful and makes it hard to sleep.

People all around you are dealing with non-work related stress (sick parents, money problems, unemployed spouse, legal problems, basement flooding, etc...), and they are still expected to deal with work responsibilities to same level. I don't think it's right for one person to be able to avoid difficult aspects of their job because they made a lifestyle choice that I did not make. You get your paternity/maternity holiday as is your right, but after that, you should be fair game in the rat race like everyone else.

I promise to do my best to act in a socially responsible manner as to not harm your child, and I will intervene to help if I seem them in danger, but that is where my village responsibility ends.