>> They are in incredible burden that you cannot imagine or conceptualize prior. The company you founded, the marathons you ran, your PhD thesis, etc., these ar

>> They are in incredible burden that you cannot imagine or conceptualize prior. The company you founded, the marathons you ran, your PhD thesis, etc., these are all peanuts. Haha .... I agree. The first kid is the hardest. For the second one, you think you've wised up, and it is still difficult for different reasons. It is like every time you think you have solved the parenting issues and leveled up, the kids evolve too and present you with entirely new issues you were not prepared for. And yet, like the other poster said, I'll still do it and go through it again. [EDIT] Children are a joy, if you understand and respect them. Sometimes they need to be treated like adults, sometimes like the kids they are. The trick is to figure out which to apply when. To paraphrase Antoine de Saint-Exupéry [1]. "Children exist to remind adults, what it is to be a child again." [1] All grown-ups were children first. (But few of them remember it.)