This is just the fundamental nature of human nature. People are hardwired to watch out for the kids in their “tribe”. Ask yourself how you would respond as a m

This is just the fundamental nature of human nature. People are hardwired to watch out for the kids in their “tribe”. Ask yourself how you would respond as a manager, on a gut level to two different scenarios. One is a subordinate comes and says “I need to leave early today, my daughter’s the lead in her school play.” The other says, “I’m gonna dip out mid-afternoon. Tryna make the 4-20 celebration at Mission Dolores later”. We can argue till we’re blue about whether this is fair or not, or the burden and benefit of making people for the next generation, and entitlement and so on. But at the end of the day, none of it will matter. You can’t change human nature, and people who care for young children will always be given a certain unique level of respect and accommodation in any society. Period.