Beyond the discipline, which is 100% not fun, many of the day-to-day tasks can also be tedious and completely un-cool. Unless you think doing dishes and packing lunches is cool. (We don’t.) If you ever feel like you never get the chance to have fun as a parent because you’re too busy doing thankless tasks then you’re not alone. In fact, a recent survey conducted at Princeton University found that parents feel like “typical childcare tasks are roughly as pleasurable as housework.” But just because you spend a lot of your day working to raise your kids does not mean you cannot also dedicate some of your day to the fun stuff.
