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How many parents would rather have a 5-day daycare or schools, so that they won't be exhausted for staying with their kids for so many hours?

082349872349872 4y ago
In my country, not only 100%, but also 80% and 60% jobs are commonly available, and people do take them — often in order to spend more time with their kids.
PragmaticPulp 4y ago
> How many parents would rather have a 5-day daycare or schools, so that they won't be exhausted for staying with their kids for so many hours? Wow. I (and many people I know) have switched to jobs with fewer hours but lower pay just to be able to spend more time with my kids. This mindset that ones' own kids are to be avoided as much as possible is mind boggling to me.
- s0rce 4y ago
  I mean its not too surprising that some people don't like spending time with their children, it would certainly be very depressing if this was the norm.
- hintymad 4y ago
  Yeah. I was not advocating that people would rather work than spending time with kids. I asked the question simply because people in the tech circle, or at least my circles, half jokingly complain how weekends are more exhausting than weekdays for taking care of kids or how they wish they would have more time reading and writing programs for fun without being interrupted
jrochkind1 4y ago
If parents didn't have to work so many hours, I am extremely confident that many of them would choose to spend many of those freed hours with their kids. Of course different people are different. Either way, it's a huge problem that currently most of the people paid to take care of kids (very especially but not only pre-public-school age) are underpaid and overworked -- this does not lead to the kind of care for our collective kids that we would want. Those paid to do childcare especially should be able to work no more hours than they can do while still being attentive and caring and fully invested, and be able to access continuing education and mentorship in how to raise kids, and still live a comfortable life. That is currently not at all how it works in the USA.

082349872349872 4y ago

In my country, not only 100%, but also 80% and 60% jobs are commonly available, and people do take them — often in order to spend more time with their kids.

PragmaticPulp 4y ago

> How many parents would rather have a 5-day daycare or schools, so that they won't be exhausted for staying with their kids for so many hours? Wow. I (and many people I know) have switched to jobs with fewer hours but lower pay just to be able to spend more time with my kids. This mindset that ones' own kids are to be avoided as much as possible is mind boggling to me.

s0rce 4y ago
I mean its not too surprising that some people don't like spending time with their children, it would certainly be very depressing if this was the norm.
hintymad 4y ago
Yeah. I was not advocating that people would rather work than spending time with kids. I asked the question simply because people in the tech circle, or at least my circles, half jokingly complain how weekends are more exhausting than weekdays for taking care of kids or how they wish they would have more time reading and writing programs for fun without being interrupted

jrochkind1 4y ago

If parents didn't have to work so many hours, I am extremely confident that many of them would choose to spend many of those freed hours with their kids. Of course different people are different. Either way, it's a huge problem that currently most of the people paid to take care of kids (very especially but not only pre-public-school age) are underpaid and overworked -- this does not lead to the kind of care for our collective kids that we would want. Those paid to do childcare especially should be able to work no more hours than they can do while still being attentive and caring and fully invested, and be able to access continuing education and mentorship in how to raise kids, and still live a comfortable life. That is currently not at all how it works in the USA.