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> Cost of raising a child has sky rocketed. No, the cost hasn’t risen much. People are just buying a standard of living for their children that didn’t exist fo
by toasterlovin 8y ago
> Cost of raising a child has sky rocketed.
No, the cost hasn’t risen much. People are just buying a standard of living for their children that didn’t exist for any human alive 150 years ago. It’s an important difference.
- Spivak 8y agoOkay but in practice this really isn't meaningfully different than saying the cost of raising children has increased. Social pressure/expectation is a fine explanation for such an increase even if it isn't literally mandatory.
- repolfx 8y agoWhat social pressure? The article contains a random quote from some woman who claims she couldn't go on holiday if she had a second child. That's clearly nonsense, of course they could go on holiday if they had a second child. Maybe she'd have to stay in the UK instead of going abroad, but that's still a holiday. Likewise her view was that she wanted to buy her daughter anything she wanted and to never have to say no: that's a choice and not even necessarily a good one.
- eklavya 8y ago> Likewise her view was that she wanted to buy her daughter anything she wanted and to never have to say no That’s just horrible parenting.
- toasterlovin 8y agoThere is a big difference between literally not being able to feed your children and deciding not to have another child because it would mean moving to a neighborhood in a worse school district.
- buboard 8y agoThey are also foregoing the huge time-investment it takes.
- user5994461 8y agoThe costs of housing has increased massively. A house from generations ago sells for orders of magnitude more than it did when it was built, even when adjusted for inflation.
- toasterlovin 8y agoProbably because only the good houses from the past are left standing. Also, have you lived in middle class houses from 100 years ago? They’re tiny.