Perspective: Surgeon general’s dour picture of parenthood misses the mark
September 10, 2024
Fifteen years ago, after we had adopted five children, I thought my wife and I were done having children. Boy, was I wrong.
She got pregnant with twins in 2009 and, after the girls were born, I was shellshocked by the double dose of diapers, late nights and extra parenting demands — not to mention the financial fallout of the Great Recession — that hit toward the end of that year.
