Comments - Why the baby question breaks our brains
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As a mom of three, children don't completely answer the question of "what should I do? what am I for?" but (as someone working in public policy in DC) I think they make me saner about these questions. Kids offer a sense of who you are/what you're doing that's *uncorrellated* from who you are at work. I can have a good day or a bad day pitching a family policy bill on the Hill, and my kids don't care and whether it's a good or bad day for them is uncorrelated alpha. At work, I care a lot about what I *do,* but my kids more often care that I *am.* Last night, I lost a lot of sleep holding a feverish four year old, who was comforted only by being in my bed. And that's something I can do whether or not I'm successful by worldly metrics.