> Empirically, people with kids almost never achieve outlier levels of success
> Don't most successful people have kids (just like anybody else)?
I imagine both those things are true.
> Also, many people just don't take care of their kids. There are many mono-parental families out there.
I became a single parent when my wife developed mental illness (which was like getting 5 more kids). In my case self-employment allowed me to be present a lot more often than most single parents can.
Nevertheless, the overriding truth is that nearly every sq inch of modern western society is stacked against single parents.
> Don't most successful people have kids (just like anybody else)?
I imagine both those things are true.
> Also, many people just don't take care of their kids. There are many mono-parental families out there.
I became a single parent when my wife developed mental illness (which was like getting 5 more kids). In my case self-employment allowed me to be present a lot more often than most single parents can.
Nevertheless, the overriding truth is that nearly every sq inch of modern western society is stacked against single parents.