Parenting is the hardest job in the world. When you decide to become a parent, you take on a lifetime’s worth of responsibility. You can’t take annual leave from being a parent, nor can you retire from it. Your child is always going to look to you for answers, no matter how old they are. That’s the kind of job some people look forward to, but not everyone thinks of it in a positive way. And that’s the kind of situation that’s brought up today’s question: how much should a parent take on, really?
