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It turns out putting diapers on your head and play-fighting until the kids fall asleep is a great way to love your kids.
原來把尿布套在頭上，跟他們打鬧游戲直到他們都睡著，這就是愛你的孩子的最好方式。
So, I was learning a lot, but it's not all fun and boogers, is it?
所以，我學到了很多，但帶小孩不止是快樂和鼻涕，不是嗎？
I asked a group of stay-at-home parents what's the hardest thing,
我問了一組全職父母什么是最困難的部分，
the thing they underestimated most about being stay-at-home parents,
哪些事情是他們低估了的，
and they said that the loneliness was one of those things.
他們說，孤單可能算其中的一個。
Not having someone else to talk to, feeling inadequate, feeling selfish for wanting me-time. And nursery rhymes suck.
沒人可以聊天說話，感覺自己不完整，對需要自我時間感到自私。還有兒童音樂聽到吐。
Like, really, "Mary Had a Little Lamb" is cool the first couple of times, but after all these years on repeat,
真的，比如“瑪麗有只小羊羔”開頭聽幾遍還不錯的，但是這兩年重復的放，
you wonder why Mary just ain't make herself a wool skirt and have lamb chops, you know what I'm saying?
我就納悶了，瑪麗為什么不給自己做一件羊毛衫或者搞點小羊排啥的，你們懂我說的吧？
The one thing I underestimated most was the emotional fatigue.
我最低估的一件事就是情感疲勞。
See, I was an artist, so I'd write songs for other artists.
其實，我以前是個藝術家，我給其它藝人寫歌。
Because that's how I made money from home.
這使我在家能賺錢養家。
But when you're with your kids all day, you become emotionally tired.
但是當你和孩子呆一整天，你的情感會覺得很疲勞。
And that means all your creativity comes from your emotions, so you're just tapped out, you're done.
就是你所有的創造力都來自于感情，現在情感的龍頭關了，你完了。
So you become done with time.
你覺得被時間所困。
Nap time, time-tables, time-out, time like to cook, with all types of time, you're just done.
瞌睡時間，時間表到時間了，該是去煮飯的時間了，你就是被各種時間所困。
You had no time for anything. And some people are done with their spouse as a stay-at-home parent.
最終沒有時間做出點什么來。有的人因為全職育兒毀掉了夫妻關系。
Because the spouse just doesn't get it.
因為另一半的不理解。
I was talking to a friend of mine, he said,
我和一個朋友聊天，他說，
"Man, I come home from work, drawers are open, clothes hanging outside the drawers, the kids are still in their pajamas.
“哥們，我下班回家，抽屜都開著，衣服攤的到處都是，孩子們還穿著睡衣...
And it can't be that hard to have dinner ready when I get home, right?"
我到家了連晚飯都沒有準備，很難嗎？”
