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Put yourself in the position of your own child, born today. Can you offer them a better start than your parents did you? Without knowing anything about you it's

Put yourself in the position of your own child, born today. Can you offer them a better start than your parents did you? Without knowing anything about you it's more likely you have more debt, worse housing, and more expensive childcare to deal with.

treis 3y ago
>Put yourself in the position of your own child, born today. Can you offer them a better start than your parents did you? Wayyyyyyyyyyyyy better. My parents entered the work force at the tail end of stagflation. They got to pay 18% on their first mortgage in an economy with twice the unemployment of today. That and since we (for the most part) don't count cohabitating women as whores or birth control a sin means I was much more experienced in relationships than my parents were when they had me. My kid is getting a far more stable environment than I did. And I in turn had a more stable childhood than they did because I wasn't raised by WWII vets that coped with PTSD by drinking. And all that doesn't touch on things like if my kid were Gay, transexual, black/brown, had a mental illness, had a disability, or any number of other things society has become much more enlightened on. Or the cleanliness of the air they're breathing, the lack of lead in our paint, and so on.
- shakow 3y ago
  > don't count cohabitating women as whores or birth control a sin In which country were your parent born so that was the case 30-50 years ago?