This topic was a minor theme at ECFE. “I didn’t find my career particularly fulfilling,” Kevin, a stay-at-home dad, told his all-male class one day. “It was just something I did. I liked it fine, but I didn’t come home and say, ‘Wow, I’m really glad I helped this big corporation process their data more efficiently!’ ” Young children, on the other hand, offer adults the chance to engage in life’s more tactile pleasures and tangible, real-world pursuits. They provide an opportunity for agency, for being able to do something and actually see its effect.
