"Mungo Knotwise" talks about what parents really need

I loved this parenting post by Plaid Dad.

I agree with every word of it, except that I don't use cloth diapers. Laziness won out over principle--too many leaks meant I was constantly doing laundry, and in the end, I decided that $5 a week for cheap disposables was a compromise I could live with. Cloth has probably come a long way in the 15 years since I tried them, but we never could justify the lay-out of cash at one time to try the experiment again.