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I suspect this age group is one that is relied upon for care (some would say it's a societal expectation/burden) - either daycare for grandchildren or caregivin
by dv_dt 7y ago
I suspect this age group is one that is relied upon for care (some would say it's a societal expectation/burden) - either daycare for grandchildren or caregiving for aged parents. The need for both of which would increase when extended families are stressed by economic conditions. Sort of mindboggling that this barely even gets touched upon as a hypothesis in this economic analysis (maybe I'm missing it in the article, rereading now...)
- SubiculumCode 7y agoThis is what I immediately thought about. In my case, I was thinking about grandma taking care of children of drug addicted parents, which there are increasing numbers of ever since the Great Recession.
- dv_dt 7y agoI was thinking more parents working two jobs with inflexible schedules, but yes that too.