Posted by momentmaker 1 day ago
When my wife got pregnant, it stopped. I started having nightmares about bad things happening to my son instead.
Fun.
I had not experienced fear prior to becoming a father. The thought of one of my children being ... i'm not even going to say anything more. Use your imagination. That kind of thing scares me so much more than it did before I was a father.
I was very glad to have been late to that particular meeting. It would have been pretty awkward for everyone if I'd started crying at the table.
Dad brains: How fatherhood rewires the male mind
i hate this phrase and how it's generally used for scare-mongering headlines.
I personally don't think it's meant to scare-monger, either - although I'm sure opinions may differ on the subject.
What is unique about being a dad is having a living breathing creature depend on you. There are hormones exchanged. AND you're learning and doing something. AND you're remembering (and having to deal with) your own childhood memories. And realizing that in your memories, you were the kid ... now you're the adult. It's different.