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> even ones already old enough to be grandparents if they were in medieval era, that can't have kids, can't have jobs that sustain themselves, and are forced to
by dismantlethesun 10y ago
> even ones already old enough to be grandparents if they were in medieval era, that can't have kids, can't have jobs that sustain themselves, and are forced to live with their parents.
Putting aside the obvious hit aginst the western preoccupation with living alone (really? what is so terrible about living with your parents, and was this the case culturally in the west 600 years ago?).....
Children are relatively inexpensive. What is difficult is having children, giving them 'the best' as far as your social group is concerned, and also doing all the things you enjoy doing as a single person.
If you make sacrifices you can give your children the best. It's what our parents did. It's what our grandparents did. It may be little talked about, but it is reality... They gave up having bigger houses like we demand today in order to have 3 children.
They gave up having empowering fun jobs in order to have stable ones that provided for their children.
- speeder 10y agoI think you don't get it. I will use myself as example, but 80% of my friends are in the same boat. I am 29. My income is zero, my net worth is negative (in great part because student loans) and interest is making thr debt deeper. Some days my family, even with my grandparents here and helping with their money had to eat only potatoes or corn, because we couldn't afford protein. Mind you, everyone is very educated, even my grandma have a degree, despite it being uncommon for her demographics group, my sister did a 6 month post-graduate stint on MIT. Yet, sometimes we are forced to skip buying medicine we absolutely need. How would you raise children in that environment? children is cheap how? How you save money when you are already using clothes with holes because lack of money to buy new ones?