Jack Usher

A great post on parenting

Well, I wrote this post about having kids younger a couple days ago. Turns out Nat Eliason published a great post with an identical sentiment on the same day. He wrote on the topic far better than I could've. I felt exactly as he did; with only one young baby, I don't actually have enough of a sample size to draw conclusions. He has more authority, too (as he now has three kids).

My favorite part of the post was the section on attitude. Having a good attitude will make anything in life better or more bearable, and perhaps nowhere more so than becoming a parent.

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I want to tack on that his wife personally weighed in on this post as well. A common criticism of this post, and all in this category, is "well, nice of you to say it's not that hard Dad, Mom has it way harder!!!" (For the record, I agree, Mom does have the harder job!)

This was his wife's response:

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Massive W. Great post, great united front from Mr. and Mrs. Eliason.

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