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That has always been true in some form or fashion though, what you are describing is not a uniquely modern problem. To me the x-factor that makes child rearing
by hyperbovine 3y ago
That has always been true in some form or fashion though, what you are describing is not a uniquely modern problem. To me the x-factor that makes child rearing especially challenging is lack of a support network. Mobility has made it routine to live hundreds or thousands of miles from your family in a way that did not happen before fairly recently. For most of us, our network consists only of other couples with young children who are all going through the same thing.
- dalyons 3y agoAlso, the modern problem of both parents being forced to work. Previously one would stay home. The two income trap is real.
- jen20 3y agoIt's not a "trap" if it's the only way to buy a house and avoid falling into the renting "trap" instead...
- dalyons 3y agoi think you should look up the phrase, because thats exactly what it refers to. That we need two full time incomes to afford a house is a new thing, and is the "trap" we have built for ourselves.