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Beyond childbirth, raising children is also a serious challenge, and that’s with school/similar taking care of them for hours of each weekday. Maybe not in deve
by prawn 4y ago
Beyond childbirth, raising children is also a serious challenge, and that’s with school/similar taking care of them for hours of each weekday. Maybe not in developing countries, but I think rearing might be as much a factor as birthing in the developed world when it comes to moderating family size.
I’m not convinced that how we do things now is the best balance of the interests of children and parents. As one example, on weekdays, a parent’s morning time with children is dominated preparing them for school while getting ready to work, and the evening time sees tired post-work parents doing the school run, sorting homework, preparing dinner, extra-curricular, etc.
- throwuwu 4y agoHaving one full time homemaker smooths things out quite a bit.
- MomoXenosaga 4y agoConsidering marriages routinely end up in divorce it would be stupid to sacrifice your career. "Oh I see you have a 15 year gap in your CV" LMAO.
- throwuwu 4y ago“I spent the last 15 years raising a happy family and have good relationships with my children” is probably worth a lot more than career advancement and would likely reduce the divorce rate quite a bit. That’s not even considering the broader societal impacts of increased wages for everyone due to restricting labour supply, the creation and maintenance of strong family networks and communities and the improvement of QOL and reduction in expenses you get when you don’t have to outsource food, care, and attention to boxed meals, day care and screens. We only have ourselves to blame for the current mess we’re in.