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sokoloff • today at 1:54 PM • 1 reply • view on HN

“Children are time-consuming” is probably more precisely communicative than “children are expensive” for the aspects where you want to focus specifically on time.


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Arainach • today at 2:19 PM

Once you have enough money to fulfill your basic needs, time is currency.

Money can buy people to clean for you, do errands and paperwork for you, and more. Free time is the most precious resource.

...and kids consume an incredible amount of it, and crucially far more of it than they used to.

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