As much as we might want to believe that management science is pertinent to all aspects of life, statistics and numerical algorithms will never apply to nuclear relationships found in the home. Children are not co-workers to whom you are beholden for advancement and favorable treatment in the “workplace”. The linear model of minimal-effort-for-maximum-return is hardly appropriate in parenting, and using the comparison is to turn apples into oranges.
Motherhood goes beyond the forced relationships and polite dynamics imposed on the workplace. Mothers are much more than task managers and office assistants in an organization.
We raise ourselves as we raise our children. We model for our children the behavior we wish for them to emulate, and we become better because of them.