HN Parents Google Group

I'm a father of three but I have no desire to join a parenting discussion group. I will pass on all my worldly wisdom here:<p><pre><code> * A thin coat of diaper ointment works better than a thick coat. * Breast feeding and early potty training combined will save you hundreds of dollars. * Never force pants onto a fussy, kicking child. Have them kick into the pant leg. * Never buy onesies or pants with inner-leg snaps - unless you like spending forever re-snapping them after each diaper change. * Lay out the supplies for diaper changes before removing the diaper. (Think of racing pit crews) * If your baby pees while changing a diaper, don't freak out. Just put your hand over it to block the stream. (and wash your hands afterward) * Placing scotch tape over the speakers of noisy electronic toys will save your sanity. * Most of the advice you hear will work for everyone else's kids, but not yours.</code></pre>

For a second there, I thought this was a Google Group for parents whose kids are or have participated in Y Combinator (replaced HN with YC in my head). That would be an interesting group.

Yes, YES! This was exactly what I needed. I won't join another group, but knowing that I'm not the only one on HN who's trying to juggle a kid (and even one is handful) and his entrepreneurial urges is great.<p>I know, statistically there is no chance that I could be the only one, but after reading the cool posts here about how people worked for N days straight to develop their ideas, how they meet in bars to discuss their ideas, etc., I was beginning to really lower my priors.

It's times like this when I wish Hacker News had something like subreddits (subhackers?).

That's pure genius. Not yet ready for that but cool to know it's there.