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I do not want kids, ever (I'm 34 going on 35 soon), but OP is absolutely correct about this: > It should be a choice. Abortion should be legal, de-stigmatized,
by nunez 4y ago
I do not want kids, ever (I'm 34 going on 35 soon), but OP is absolutely correct about this:
> It should be a choice. Abortion should be legal, de-stigmatized, safe and easy to access.
> We can afford, as a society, to make it a little easier on babies and new parents.
It's not right that many states and countries criminalize abortion because "think of the children", and it's also not right that parenting is So. Fucking. Expensive.
~~Why does day care cost two Model S financed loans per month for many people? Why are diapers and formula so unbelievably expensive when they've probably recovered their R&D costs several times over?~~ Why are parents forced to be in the office when their jobs do not require it but their kids require _them_?
EDIT: I can't strikethrough stuff on HN but I realized that daycares and COGS for baby stuff makes sense to be pricey. I don't understand leadership teams calling people back into the office despite stable or increasing productivity numbers, especially leaders that are parents themselves.
- david38 4y agoI am a father of two. Child care is labor. You want to be rich, yet have some poor woman work for minimum wage? My wife stayed home, I worked. Having children is hard, but as hard as people like to pretend. Diapers are extremely cheap when you use reusable ones. When did consumers come to believe throwing a diaper away every time a baby soiled itself was financially or ecologically viable? The vast majority of people use formula by choice. Cry me a river. Mothers have breasts for a reason, and looking good in a bikini isn’t it. How pleasant your life must be when you think the default situation for parents is to be in the office.