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Two parents work 5 days a week because family houses cost so much they're unaffordable unless you have two parents working. If the norm was instead working 2/3
by iso1210 5y ago
Two parents work 5 days a week because family houses cost so much they're unaffordable unless you have two parents working.
If the norm was instead working 2/3 days a week for less pay, there would be less money to spend on houses, so prices would come down (because the money that's charged is what can be afforded)
But part time jobs are nowhere near as common as full time jobs - especially for professionals.
Having parents looking after kids is a far better solution than outsourcing parenting to an external company, but it's far less profitable, and reduces things like GDP and stock markets, which is bad.
- hirako2000 5y agoYou summarised the issue quite well. We could have both parents work part-time, and make everyone happy. But we want the GDP to go up, not down, throw more people and hours into the system, at the expense of children (our future they say) well-being.
- RHSeeger 5y ago> Having parents looking after kids is a far better solution than outsourcing parenting to an external company I don't necessarily agree with this. If the people/company that is looking after the children can do a good job, then it's far more efficient to have multiple children per person (company) vs 1-2 per person (parent). Plus (some of) the people that work for the company generally have an education that supports good developmental growth for the children under their care.