I see the arguement that there are some transferable skills in child rearing
but the rest is claptrap, pure and simple.
( Fluzzy namby-pamby pudding and pie, Thu 21 May 2009, 17:52, archived)

But she makes out that those skills cannot be gained from anywhere else.

( LimeyTreat Bitch. Lover. Child. Mother. Sinner. Saint., Thu 21 May 2009, 17:53, archived)

That forms part of the claptrap
I am in complete agreement with you, I just mean it is nice to see it realised that having a baby means you stop learning anything, as is often suggested.
( Fluzzy namby-pamby pudding and pie, Thu 21 May 2009, 17:55, archived)