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Being a parent in modern America sucks. Literally everything is working against you and super unreliable.

• jstarfish 4y ago
  Agreed. We've become so much of a nanny state that the kids are learning how to exploit these same "protections" to terrorize parents into submission. ...and that much before you have to contend with social media grooming and reinforcing misbehavior. If you end up with a bad apple, anything you say or do in the name of parenting will be construed as Abuse by an army of "helpful" therapists.
  • kelseyfrog 4y ago
  • rdtwo 4y ago
    It’s more of a issue with childcare being unreliable and unavailable. Like there are no available spots in some areas for after school care. It’s very expensive if you find a spot and the care is pretty meh. The tax breaks for kids are tiny so you end up paying for their expenses in post tax money that adds another 24% to the cost. Then you have schools that only provide 180 days of service, plus only 6.5 hrs plus random half days plus random days of plus they your kid is bored because we have to teach to the lowest student. All these things wear you down, and don’t get me wrong you can deal with them when your household earns 200k/year but you probably need a solid 350/400k as a family to truly buy your way out of these problems. If both parents are making less then 6 figures dual income living sucks