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Originally Posted by fotze
As a parent I totally disagree with this village business. My kid not yours. Having a kid was for my own selfish reasons. Not your problem at all. There have been 10 odd billion kids raised on this planet. It no longer takes a village.
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You don't think your coworkers have ever had to pick up your slack because of your kids? Did you take time off when they were born? Have you ever operated at a lower level because of lack of sleep? You ever come in late or left early to deal with kid crap? Are you sick more often because you have kids?
I don't think it is possible for somebody with kids to operate at the same level as somebody without kids for the full 18 years it takes to raise them. Situations can be different and affect just how much a parent will be less capable (level of parental help, temperament of kids, spousal obligations, etc.), but every parent is going to be less productive at work to a degree compared to the non-parent version of themselves. This translates into more work for coworkers, plain and simple.