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This assumes that your optimal employer exists in the same location as your parents. Unfortunately that is not always the case, at least before WFH.

• WalterBright 4y ago
  I didn't assume anything, just stated a historical fact. It is possible for parents and grandparents to structure their lives around it being convenient for the traditional role. The fact that American society doesn't do this is a bit of a tragedy. I know families that engage the entire extended family, including grandparents, in raising the next generation. (In fact, its an evolutionary thing. It answers the question of why does evolution keep grandparents around and healthy? Generally, when an organism no longer serves a useful purpose towards propagation of the species, it dies.)
  • hn_throwaway_99 4y ago
    Well, if we're in the business of stating "historical facts", I think it's more accurate to state that the traditional role of women was to care for the kids while the father worked. That is, I wouldn't give too much credence to these kinds of "historical facts" on "traditional roles".
    • P5fRxh5kUvp2th 4y ago
      Why assume generations of people didn't know anything about being human?