There's a great book called "The Collapse of Parenting" [1] that talks about this. It obviously expands on these ideas, but here are a few notes:
- Many parents confuse self-esteem with courage
- To be courageous means to recognize the risks and your own limitations, but you find the resolve to move forward anyway. Bloated self-esteem means you aren't aware of your deficiencies
- The right kind of humility means you recognize your own shortcomings and you are better prepared to take risks
And the people without kids who don't like generous parental leave decided to bring that responsibility on themselves when they chose to work there. When they accepted that job, they saw what the benefits were. If they feel like they're getting screwed over, then they can choose to work somewhere else.
I'm a paying Dropbox user (for personal stuff) and I use Google Drive and Box.com at work. Dropbox is far and away the easiest to use. Case in point, my very non-technical grandmother once called me because she was worried there was a virus on her computer, only to find out that she accidentally changed the homepage on her browser. But when it comes to using Dropbox, it's easy for her to navigate and look at her pictures.
I've ordered a few times in the last couple months. They were cheaper than anywhere else (by a few bucks) and I did the store pick-up option to avoid shipping costs. In my experience, it's pretty quick shipping and the products are good quality