Parenting

TagLast edit: Apr 6, 2022, 3:21 PM by Pablo

Further reading

Hutchinson, Michelle (2020) Parenting: Things I wish I could tell my past self, Effective Altruism Forum, September 12.

Tomasik, Brian (2012) The cost of kids, Essays on Reducing Suffering, August 4 (updated 29 November 2017).

Wiblin, Robert & Keiran Harris (2022) Bryan Caplan on why lazy parenting is actually OK, 80,000 Hours, April 5.

Wise, Julia (2013) Cheerfully, Giving Gladly, June 8.

Young, Bernadette (2014) Parenthood and effective altruism, Effective Altruism Forum, April 13.

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