Sure, but that's just shifting who is getting paid or when. The person I was responding to said that people were obsessed with getting paid versus the social o

Sure, but that's just shifting who is getting paid or when. The person I was responding to said that people were obsessed with getting paid versus the social obligations. I was explaining why people who would want to stay at home might be obsessed about payment. It's a question that must be answered. You provide some potential answers, but for the vast majority of young Americans these days having enough savings to raise a child by themselves without working is not in any way realistic. Even for the "have another family work" plan, for many a single income isn't enough to support 2 adults and raising a child. The economy just doesn't make that viable for a large swath of the country.