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1. It doesn't mention obvious potential causes to brain changes and hormone levels that coincide with having children like lack of sleep, changes to diet, or adjustments to work patterns etc.
2. It says towards the end that I should continue to wrestle the boys. Great!
It's also part of why I never wanted kids. That, and the threat of global nuclear war.
0. Earplugs 1. Division-of-labor, specialization of trade... although it might not fit every feminists' "equality of outcome, share everything" political-correctness, it doesn't make combined net income much sense (or cents) to risk a $300k income with sleeplessness/low-productivity vs. an $80k one if one spouse (assuming spouse isn't a lawyer, doctor or engineer) can be at home full-time, or both as full-time parent…
This is the type of sexist, ignorant bullshit I'd expect to see on reddit. Welcome to hn
Male tech workers who value money above all else.
I can still remember "feeling" the change in everyday thought process once my 1st was born. It was so noticeable... like I'd just stepped into someone else's brain. really weird.
Are you able to elaborate?
It felt like a mental "click" but not like you get when you have been trying to solve a puzzle... it felt like a mental " gear change ".
My thought processes changed order or priority, Things that I felt were important before were suddenly less important and I think I things from a different angle (not just life stuff but problem solving approaches.).
its really hard to describe.
What I can say is that having a second didnt do a damned thing... lol whatever change was going to happen only happened on the first.
I am sure the author means well. However, this makes little sense from an evolutionary standpoint. Although humans have evolved far more than most animals on this planet, the basic idea of evolutionary biology remains the same. In the wild, males have to hunt (provide food), protect the new born(s) and their mate(s) from threats. Therefore having the same level or higher levels of Testosterone is a biological imperat…
"Certain areas within parts of the brain linked to attachment, nurturing, empathy and the ability to interpret and react appropriately to a baby’s behavior had more gray and white matter between 12 and 16 weeks than they did between two and four weeks." For you father-programmers out there: did you notice any changes in your programming/work abilities around the 12-16 week mark?
Based on the replies, I jokingly conclude that the increase in gray and white matter during these baby phases is to handle the cognitive dysfunction of sleep deprivation. I wonder if sleep deprivation is related to raising children pre industrial era. It seems logical but I don't know much on this topic. :)
Just watch the first few minutes of this.
https://www.ted.com/talks/matt_walker_sleep_is_your_superpow...
16 examples -> I would set more store by tealeaf reading.
Looking into the T drop in fatherhood, the original study seems to account for self reports of 'sleep quality' but I wonder if sleep deprivation is not still a confounder in this finding. Annedoctally as a recent father of a 6 month old, I would likely self report a good sleep quality in a questionnaire. However, objectively I know I sleep about 5 hours 30min yesterday evening, which would be sufficient sleep 'depriv…
> Annedoctally as a recent father of a 6 month old, I would likely self report a good sleep quality in a questionnaire. However, objectively I know I sleep about 5 hours 30min yesterday evening, which would be sufficient sleep 'deprivation' to impact T production. When our 9 month old started to sleep through the night (at around 4-5 months), we'd get between 5-6 hours of sleep, which after the interrupted sleep of t…
People refuse to see/acknowledge this, esp. women.
Earlier quoted context omitted.
>this makes little sense from an evolutionary standpoint I am certainly no expert on this area but it sounds to me like you are concluding that the study must be invalid, based on a bit of armchair science.
The ideas I have presented are not 'armchair science'. They're widely accepted in the field of evolutionary biology.
I heard this joke a while ago, and while cruel seems to have an element of truth to it by observation. Lack of sleep, lack of exercise, less time to make healthy meals seems to be a terrible combination for weight gain.