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Why Is Parenting So Exhausting and Lonely? Kurt Vonnegut on Family, Marriage, and Needing 50 People
I don’t think I was prepared for how exhausting and lonely parenting can be. Despite having active young kids and constantly playing with them, I still found myself longing for time to myself. Time to think, and time to talk to other adult humans about things beyond parenting. Then I stumbled across this concept.