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Tim Urban

What Tim Urban thinks about family

@tim-urban · 25 positions · 0 changes of mind

Writer and illustrator behind Wait But Why, a long-form blog of stick-figure-illustrated explainers on science, technology and society, and author of the book What's Our Problem?

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  1. Our readingMost people are not genuinely interested in videos of someone else's young child.

    Their wordsToddler parenthood is a reality distortion zone that makes it hard to remember that most people find your toddler breathtakingly uninteresting.

    ↗Tales from Toddlerhoodwaitbutwhy.com 1st of 3 in this piece

  3. Our readingParenting has less influence on how children turn out than most parents assume.

    Their wordsToddler parents can take solace in the fact that parenting probably matters less than we think it does.

    ↗Tales from Toddlerhoodwaitbutwhy.com 3rd of 3 in this piece

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  5. Our readingExpecting parents should be required to take a mandatory course before caring for a newborn.

    Their wordsThere should obviously be like a mandatory four-hour course every expecting parent has to take before they're actually in charge of a newborn.

    ↗10 Thoughts from the Fourth Trimesterwaitbutwhy.com 2nd of 3 in this piece

  7. Our readingNo one should pressure another person about whether to have children, since it is too personal a decision to be anyone else's business.

    Their wordsthis is the most personal of personal decisions and no one should ever try to pressure anyone else to have kids-it's way too big a thing to be anyone else's business.

    ↗10 Thoughts from the Fourth Trimesterwaitbutwhy.com 3rd of 3 in this piece