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I always take it personally when people complain about diaper costs. The fact is 30 years ago, most kids were out of diapers by the age of 2 [0] and nothing is
by esaym 9y ago
I always take it personally when people complain about diaper costs. The fact is 30 years ago, most kids were out of diapers by the age of 2 [0] and nothing is stopping you from using reusable products just like people had to do 30 years ago. The shear unpleasantness of non-disposable diapers is what pushed people to start training their kids at age one. But now the "convenience" of throw away diapers leads modern parents to leave their kids in them until they are over the ago of 4 (disgusting), and complaining about the price the whole way. And here in Texas, anyone that doesn't make over $40k a year automatically qualifies them for the "WIC" program which means they get their diapers free for how ever long they want.
And yes I am a parent, and was somewhat lazy as my kids were not out of diapers until right at the age of 3 but all of our friends still didn't even try until their kids were 4. Heck I can remember being 4 years old and running around my grandparents farm and popping a squat right out in the open field and burying it just like the barn cats around there. I almost find it child abuse to allow your kid to be so unconscious about their bodies that they have no problem crapping on themselves when in other cultures 4 year olds are cutting up fruit with machetes (personally seen in a small village, Africa).
[0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toilet_training#History_in_the_United_States https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toilet_training#History_in_the...
[1] http://dshs.texas.gov/wichd/ http://dshs.texas.gov/wichd/
- jakobegger 9y agoThe article followed a mother of a newborn who was struggling to make ends meet, not a four year old.
- eli 9y agoWIC doesn't cover diapers.
- balls187 9y ago> I always take it personally when people complain about diaper costs. Why? How does this impact you in the slightest? Being a parent is hard enough of a job already without randos on the internet being judgemental.
- parrellel 9y agoDisposable diapers are required by, as far as I've been able to tell, all daycares, so if you're a working parent that "convenience" is in fact a functional necessity. I'll agree that the later and later potty training is utterly disgusting though.
- cf1463456 9y agoI personally find the line of thought of your post rather astonishing and even after a few years I am still not sure, how much of this is somewhat representative of a deeply disturbing mentality which is stereotypical "american" and what is just a individual abnormal lack of empathy and more so, being annoyed, that others arent even worse off. >I always take it personally when people complain about diaper costs. Like another poster said, you are aware, that the post is written by mother of a newborn struggling to make ends meet. Do you really take it personally, that a poor mother in the developed world is complaining about diaper prices instead of using reusable diapers? In a country where paternity leave is not the norm? And your argument boils down to the assumed availability of aid agencies? As I am still not sure if there is a cultural misunderstanding here, Are you aware, that in some regions, arguments like this are considered deeply antisocial and seen as a lack of basic human decency? Normally I wouldnt think to much about a post like this, seeing as you are posting it here, you have to assume, that you are making a worthwhile argument which might convince someone after he engages with the facts you put forward. I am just lost on this.