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I would challenge the assumption that a single adult can actually care for 10+ kids in a meaningful manner. The word "monitor" speaks for itself. I'm also pret

• johnnyanmac 3y ago
  >that a single adult can actually care for 10+ kids in a meaningful manner. It's a good thing those daycare's aren't just one person renting out a large building, in that case. Real shame the people getting the most money out of it aren't doing any caregiving, though. >And even if. The decision is basically, would you rather be working for your children, or for "the man"? Sure, if most people could help it, they would never work a day in their life if they got 10m dollars (post tax). Not everyone, but I wager 80+%. But that's not the fantasy we live in. While it was great to encourage women into the work force, the government took nasty advantadge of the 2-income households and made it the standard, all while spending power atrophied for decades. Now childcare is rising so much that it's more financially viable to NOT work for some parent's cases. It's all a mess.
  • steve1977 3y ago
    That's certainly the case. It also seems to be an international issue - I'm living in Europe, but here as well, if we would both work, childcare and progressive taxes would eat up a good chunk of the additional income. Not all of it, but enough to kind of not make it worthwhile anymore (even from a purely financial perspective, not considering factors that parents might actually want to be with their kids ;)