That article title disgracefully misrepresents what Paul Graham has written in the text quoted. Paul Graham described his own experience of how having children

That article title disgracefully misrepresents what Paul Graham has written in the text quoted. Paul Graham described his own experience of how having children affected his priorities. In the material quoted he never advocated anything regarding hiring. Philip Greenspun may have been inspired by Paul's article to come to his own epiphany regarding hiring, but that is exactly what it is - Philip Greenspun's opinion. I don't know Paul Graham's personal and financial situation, but my impression is that he is someone who has the luxury of reprioritising "work" without major personal consequences. I would suggest that for most "average" people life changes like getting married, buying property, and having children make people more attentive to work responsibilities because they literally can no longer afford to get fired. Edited - fixed some grammar.