I was struck by the family that moved back in the article. They had a good job in the new location. What they didn't have was extended family or a community. T

I was struck by the family that moved back in the article. They had a good job in the new location. What they didn't have was extended family or a community. The pure financial impact of extended family childcare can easily eat away a step up in earnings for those with young children. Then the intangibles of not getting them to know your parents or the close friends you grew up with, those don't even have an exact market substitute. Frequent travel I guess? It's not easy. From the econ perspective I can't help but think that greater labor mobility would make things so much better, but as a new parent it's becoming obvious these are not trivial behaviors to shift at all.