At Best There's a Lot of Hard Work and Deprivation
Lyrics
A baby is hard work and deprivation A baby is washing clothes by hand A baby is lowering expectations A baby is stories you just don't understand Goo-goo, ma-ma
A child is games you don't want to play A child is small fights and consequent tears A child is attending a PTA A child is carnivals and zoos for years
Children keep parents from theater trips Children are freedom's memory It's through childrens' fingers money slips Children is wondering how tired you can get But parents have no mad martyr's wish It's children they love and they want their own Though home may never be stylish or swish Their strength and their growth And pride when they're grown It's hard work and struggle is creation This, our visible immortality It's life's most satisfying station The whirls of their claims, near banality
Chronology
Interpretations
- Based on Chapter 17 of Spock's Baby and Child Care[3]
References
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