It Should Change You

<p>Everyone says that becoming a parent <a href='https://dailydad.com/how-the-first-year-of-fatherhood-changed-me/'><em>changes you</em></a><em>.</em> The responsibility. <a href='https://dailydad.com/this-is-what-is-making-you-so-stressed/'>The stress</a>. The unconditional love. The cuteness. This is big stuff.</p><p>But as the comedian Tom Segura observes in one of his great Netflix specials, it’s wrong to say that it changes people–that’s just not the right language. It’s that having kids <em>should</em> change you. If it doesn’t he says, if you’re still the same person? If you have the same routines, <a href='https://dailydad.com/do-you-know-what-you-look-like-angry-2/'>the same behaviors</a>, the same priorities afterwards? That’s a big problem! You’re doing something wrong!<br/><br/><br/>✉️ Sign up for the Daily Dad email: <a href='https://dailydad.com/'>DailyDad.com</a></p><p>📱 Follow Daily Dad: <a href='https://twitter.com/dailydademail'>Twitter</a>, <a href='https://www.instagram.com/dailydad/'>Instagram</a>, <a href='https://facebook.com/dailydademail'>Facebook</a>, <a href='https://www.youtube.com/c/DailyDadYT'>YouTube</a></p>