2026-09-18
29 分钟Last month I wrote about my parenting spreadsheet.
Roughly once a week I note which mornings,
afternoons and evenings I spent looking after my two wonderful toddlers.
My husband does the same.
The data feeds into a chart showing which of us has done more.
Readers responded with this.
Every single second I have spent with my children has been a pleasure and a privilege.
My wife and I don't need a spreadsheet to record those precious moments.
We see them everyday in each other's eyes.
The maternal role is the most wonderful and rewarding contribution
that a woman can make to a family.
It stems from the heart.
In the early years, the children connect to the parents via the mother.
No spreadsheet can control or express this.
Crazy obsessiveness with 50-50 and everything and anything is like a form of communism,
totally unachievable due to major inherent differences between men and women.
Wonderfully amusing to see that economists can't give up on numbers even in private life.
The question I'd ask the author is:
what ranking does spontaneity have in her married life and how is it measured?
Is looking after children a chore?