Quote Originally Posted by Slim View Post
Not a substitute for parenting, but show me a parent who hasn't occasionally used Sesame Street as an inexpensive baby sitter so they could get laundry done, and I'll show you a parent who never raised twins...
I completely understand having to sit a down kid and entertain him to do things around the house, but I have also experienced parents who solely use technologies to distract their kids so that they will not have to play with them, take them out with them and to simply do what they want alone.

Of course the majority of parents are not like that, especially parents who planned to have the child, but some people do use technology as their babysitter in excess

Kids are a ton of work, therefore you have to be prepared to spend time with them and to potentially put some of your projects on hold but I don't believe you have to give up everything to be a parent, of course I don't have first hand experience raising a child though