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Why Parenting Is Like an Escape Room You Can Never Escape
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You jolt awake in a groggy haze. It is dark and a baby is crying.
It is 3:43 a.m. and your baby is crying and crying and CRYING. You’re up and you’re confused — didn’t you just do this? Doesn’t matter ’cause it started again. Your wife looks at you bleary-eyed so you say, “I got it.”
Tiptoe over to the bassinet and pick up The Bundle aka The Child aka Your Angel Joy Light Moon Stars who is, at this point, screaming like his life depends on it because, well, it sort of does.
Stumble out of the room and trip over a The Happiest Baby on the Block book. That wasn’t there an hour ago, was it? Walking into the living room you panic — should you have grabbed the book? There might be a clue in there. Can’t turn back though, time is running out. Time is always running out.
Escape Room (noun) — an experience in which people are locked in an enclosed space requiring them to solve a series of puzzles using secret clues before time runs out.
Parenting (noun) — an experience in which people are locked in an enclosed space requiring them to solve a series of puzzles using secret clues before time runs out.
