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==Explanation== | ==Explanation== | ||
− | This comic relates to the anxiety | + | This comic relates to the anxiety most couples experience after having a child. Often people will advise new parents to "do what comes naturally and trust their instincts", a vague snippet of thought that offers little help to the new parents. |
− | + | The couple [[Cueball]] and [[Megan]] find themselves with a child. Both parents experience anxiety over how to manage their life with the child. The father defuses the situation and states that parenting can not be that hard because they should do what comes naturally... only for the couple to find themselves with a second child and still no idea about how to parent. The joke is they took the phrase "what comes naturally" literally and acted upon their base urges, giving into the urge "have more sex", rather than actually focusing on the child(ren). | |
− | The | + | The title text claims that parenting can't be too hard because historically all of your ancestors (except possibly your parents if they are not yet grandparents) must have figured it out since they produced at least one child that successfully had children. [[Randall]] jokes that this is the "mother" of all {{w|sampling bias}}es. Out of all of our ancestors the only ones that could potentially fail could be our parents (if we do not produce children). Had any other of our ancestors not been successfully we would not exist. Therefore this sampling is heavily skewed by sampling those that where successful in at least one instance. It also does not take into account the number of times our ancestors failed with the children we are not directly related to. |
− | + | This was also the topic of [[441: Babies]]. | |
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==Transcript== | ==Transcript== | ||
− | :[Cueball and Megan are | + | :[Cueball and Megan are standing with a baby in between them.] |
:Cueball: Oh man, we made a baby. | :Cueball: Oh man, we made a baby. | ||
:Megan: ''Don't panic. Don't panic.'' | :Megan: ''Don't panic. Don't panic.'' | ||
:Baby: Baby! | :Baby: Baby! | ||
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:Cueball: Parenting can't be that hard. Let's just do what comes naturally. | :Cueball: Parenting can't be that hard. Let's just do what comes naturally. | ||
− | :[ | + | :[Beat frame.] |
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:Soon: | :Soon: | ||
+ | :[There are now two babies in between them.] | ||
:Megan: Aw, crap. | :Megan: Aw, crap. | ||
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+ | ==Trivia== | ||
+ | *The baby says, "Baby!", either copying Cueball, or saying its name, Pokémon-style. | ||
+ | *[[441: Babies]] is another strip featuring clueless new parents. | ||
+ | *Natural parenting may be an allusion to {{w|attachment parenting}}. This strategy for child-rearing normally entails extended nursing and encourages positive reinforcement. Sometimes modern medicine and processed foods are restricted as well. Natural parenting approaches can vary greatly from parent to parent. Because of the awkwardness and stigma of breastfeeding as well as its traditionalism, attachment parenting can elicit powerful opinions from both its opponents and proponents. Various media and politicians have seized on this hot topic, as well as motherhood in general. Extreme natural parenting methods became the notorious cover story of TIME Magazine in May 2012. | ||
{{comic discussion}} | {{comic discussion}} | ||
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[[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]] | [[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]] | ||
[[Category:Comics featuring Megan]] | [[Category:Comics featuring Megan]] | ||
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[[Category:Romance]] | [[Category:Romance]] |