Childlessness prevents real comprehension of raising children

Evidence

People who don’t have children seldom understand what it involves, no matter how mature and intelligent they might otherwise be, at least that was how it was with me before I had children myself. — Karl Ove Knausgaard, A Death in the Family, 2560

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Judgment of childless women falls heaviest from onlookers, not themselves — Hilary Mantel, A Memoir of My Former Self- A Life in…, 228; Parents prioritize making children socially desirable over fostering other attributes. — Jordan B. Peterson, 12 Rules for Life An Antidote to Chaos, 473; Children misbehave more when their parents need them to behave — Karl Ove Knausgaard, A Death in the Family, 2560

Related

• Judgment of childless women falls heaviest from onlookers, not themselves (similarity 0.82)
• Children misbehave more when their parents need them to behave (similarity 0.79)

Broader Connections

• Judgment of childless women falls heaviest from onlookers, not themselves #corroborates (0.60) — Hilary Mantel, A Memoir of My Former Self- A Life in…, 228
• Parents prioritize making children socially desirable over fostering other attributes. #complicates (0.45) — Jordan B. Peterson, 12 Rules for Life An Antidote to Chaos, 473
• Children misbehave more when their parents need them to behave #complicates (0.40) — Karl Ove Knausgaard, A Death in the Family, 2560