Like any real problem, this one has lots of parts. * the tax system gives better tax incentives for coffee makers than bottles ( etc, etc) * maternity leave a

Like any real problem, this one has lots of parts. * the tax system gives better tax incentives for coffee makers than bottles ( etc, etc) * maternity leave anyone? * paternity leave? That's just crazy talk. A good, no, great stay-home friend of ours is watching our kids our most of the summer. We have half-jokingly discussed getting a bigger house and just moving both families in. seriously, the savings in time and money and health are tremendous. Not only is it cheaper or them and us, we routinely (even before the summer) had their family over or they have us for dinner. If we ever move, it may require family counseling. That's what's involved. Overcome the physical isolation of modern life and you can overcome some of the economics. Now, here's the catch. We met vis-a-vis the playground. See, my son and their son are in the same class and my wife and he chatted at the playground for a month, oh and we both live two blocks from school in the same direction. And at the time, they were hard up for some place to eat as their kitchen was demolished as part of a major remodel. yeah, that's way to many coincidences. But somebody could male a website for this. C'mon: you can get a babysitter over the web, you can get airbnb. Surely we can network neighborhoods.