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"It's important to not get stuck in old ways of thinking." Great comment, but I think you mean stuck in new/urban ways of thinking. It probably seems crazy to
by chmod600 5y ago
"It's important to not get stuck in old ways of thinking."
Great comment, but I think you mean stuck in new/urban ways of thinking.
It probably seems crazy to someone in a rural town that parents would spend all their time working to afford childcare so they don't have to interact with their own children.
- watwut 5y agoVillages here have tons of women working jobs. Those places are not rich, so when shops and factories opend, they seeked those jobs. Where they can't (like for lack of childcare) they often actually really struggle. The social issues are very real in those places. Plus, is it? Or you are using rural as shortcut for fundamentalist Christian conservatives subcultures? The manipulative talking point "working to afford childcare so they don't have to interact with their own children" suggest so.
- vorpalhex 5y ago> spend all their time working to afford childcare so they don't have to interact with their own children. That is obviously not the intent. It is a calculation. We come out significantly ahead if we hire a nanny or do daycare than if me or my spouse quits to take care of the kids. It is more expensive to go the nanny route, but that will give us the option of being near our kids all day and interacting with them, which is very valuable to us, while still working full time jobs (we are both remote). Every parent is trying to balance income, expense and best interest of the child (attention, education, socialization).