Remember the good and forgetting the bad doesn't just apply to raising children, it's pretty much a normal feature of basic human memory (otherwise you'd drive yourself crazy remembering in detail all the really bad stuff that you've experienced).
Of course it's a evolutionary thing too - otherwise you'd smother the annoying brats and the species would die out.
And it's a money thing - we just haven't evolved as fast as society has changed. A mere century ago, your children were your retirement fund, your social security, and your nursing home all wrapped into one.
Yes, lets all indulge ourselves with a bit of self-censored nostalgia and re-create memories that never really happened in honor of all those good old days.
I want that on a tee-shirt.
Of course it's a evolutionary thing too - otherwise you'd smother the annoying brats and the species would die out.
And it's a money thing - we just haven't evolved as fast as society has changed. A mere century ago, your children were your retirement fund, your social security, and your nursing home all wrapped into one.
With a sales pitch like that - how can the project not succeed?
If you're that germiphobic - best just stay away from the rest of your species.