I just remember when my first child was born I called the personnel office and I asked them about their leave policies. And they said, "Leave policies? Women just leave and they don't come back. " And I said, "But I want to come back. " They said, "We have no leave policy. " And then they said, "Why don't you apply for disability?" Well, having a child is not a disability.
It is impossible to escape the impression that people commonly use false standards of measurement -- that they seek power, success and wealth for themselves and admire them in others, and that they underestimate what is of true value in life.