Is Parenting Harder on Introverts?

My longitudinal study of one yields inconclusive results

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Alone time. That’s the one thing I miss most fiercely. In my pre-parenting life, I used to walk to my favorite café on weekend afternoons — first in Providence, Rhode Island, then in Washington, D.C. I’d set up my laptop in a quiet corner and splurge on an overpriced coffee to buy me a few hours of time.