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You have to think about these things when you have kids, how can you not? Especially during the pandemic, people were stuck in their houses with kids. It's almo
by martindbp 3y ago
You have to think about these things when you have kids, how can you not? Especially during the pandemic, people were stuck in their houses with kids. It's almost impossible to get any work done with young kids in the house. Even as the pandemic was winding down we had so many restrictions at preschool that any little cold (of which every winter there is one every other week) meant staying home for about 7-10 days, which basically means one parent is busy taking care of the kid at all times. Add several kids with a rolling schedule of colds and stomach flu's and you have an untenable situation. You just can't have two parents working full time at that point, so someone has to sacrifice their career to some extent so that you can both stay sane. The pandemic was living hell for many families. And somehow the standards for how severe of a cold your kids can have before it's ok to send them to school have lowered permanently now, adding to the permanent pressures of parenting.