I've been to war. I've raised twins. If I had a choice, I'd rather go to war.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- The speaker compares the stress of raising twins to the stress of war to emphasize the difficulty of parenting.
- In plain terms
- Raising twins is harder than going to war.
- What can you take from it?
- Parenting requires immense resilience and endurance.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- What tasks feel harder than war?
- How do we value different hardships?
Another view
Comparing parenting to war may minimize the actual dangers of conflict.
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