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by gazzini 1870 days ago
I quit my startup & picked up a boring, stable job to be a better dad a couple years ago, so I feel this too.

If the article said it’s only hard for moms, then I’d disagree with it... but it doesn’t.

It’s just critiquing the assumption that every mom wants the same thing. These assumptions form social pressures & impact career decisions, and she’s pointing out that you don’t have to struggle with that decision in the way society expects.

Sure, it would have been nice if they acknowledged dads... but given the name of the website, I don’t think we’re the stars of this show, and that’s fine.

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> If the article said it’s only hard for moms, then I’d disagree with it... but it doesn’t.

I took the authors claim that dads were less interested in spending time with their children to suggest that this wasn’t such an issue for dads.

Right, that's what rubbed me the wrong way.