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I think blaming "career culture" isn't correct here. Two working parents has been the norm in Northern European countries for quite a long time now (usually due
by distances 10y ago
I think blaming "career culture" isn't correct here. Two working parents has been the norm in Northern European countries for quite a long time now (usually due to necessity rather than because of a career), and they are still often ranked as the best places to raise a kid.
- brudgers 10y agoIt's been the norm in the US as well. There was a time when it was more common for middle class Americans to have a stay at home parent, but it was never the most common case among all Americans {1}. It is only in the last several decades that parents have been demonized for not having a non-working parent (and this as real wages have been reduced for most people), but historically, the American family did not just have working moms but working kids (on the farm, baby sitting, running a paper route or as with my great grandmother in the button factor at age eight). {1}: https://www.census.gov/hhes/families/files/ASA2010_Kreider_Elliott.pdf https://www.census.gov/hhes/families/files/ASA2010_Kreider_E...
- larrywright 10y agoThis largely depends on where you live. In urban areas, I think two working parents is the norm. In rural areas, one parent staying at home is a lot more common. Cost of living is a big part of that, for sure.d