I’d instantly give a year of my life to not watch my two-year-old daughter die
That’s plausible from an evo-psych perspective as well. Ignoring the parenting that you can do while pregnant, a pregnancy costs a woman 3⁄4 of a year of life, plus various health risks and increased nutritional demands. Child care during the first year of the baby’s life is also pretty costly. That probably adds up to more than 1 year of total cost just for the mother, and then some extra for the father, relatives, etc.
That’s plausible from an evo-psych perspective as well. Ignoring the parenting that you can do while pregnant, a pregnancy costs a woman 3⁄4 of a year of life, plus various health risks and increased nutritional demands. Child care during the first year of the baby’s life is also pretty costly. That probably adds up to more than 1 year of total cost just for the mother, and then some extra for the father, relatives, etc.