No, the most difficult job in the world is parenting. I know, I know, you groaned. But hear me out before you roll your eyes into the back of your skull. It’s not the sleepless nights or the diaper explosions that look like something from a horror movie.
It’s the permanent nature of the gig. You cannot quit. You cannot call in sick. You can’t even take a bathroom break without an audience screaming “MOM” or “DAD” like you’re a lifeguard at a sinking ship. Surgeons eventually scrub out of the OR. A parent is on call for 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, for approximately the next 18 to 40 years.
And the pay is $0. Actually, worse. You pay them. You pay for their food, their clothes, their inexplicable obsession with buying a single rubber toy shaped like a potato. It’s the only job where you work your hardest and simultaneously lose money.
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