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> Or to put it another way, the ROI of investing additional time into raising your children remains high as you go from spending 5 minutes a day up to 1,000 min
by defen 8y ago
> Or to put it another way, the ROI of investing additional time into raising your children remains high as you go from spending 5 minutes a day up to 1,000 minutes a day.
Do you mean ROI for the parent (satisfaction of spending time with your child) or for the child? It seems counter-intuitive but I believe a lot of research has shown that upbringing actually doesn't matter too much, provided you meet a certain obvious threshold (giving them proper food, not abusing them, etc)
Source: https://www.amazon.com/Selfish-Reasons-Have-More-Kids/dp/0465028616 https://www.amazon.com/Selfish-Reasons-Have-More-Kids/dp/046...
- mjevans 8y agoI can't think of any study offhand, but I hypothesize that the ROI to society long term favors parents that are there to support their children and do a good job of it, not merely an adequate one.