to clarify "the benefit of the partner working is negligible" this of course hits those cases in which one partner basically earns for a full time employment so

to clarify "the benefit of the partner working is negligible" this of course hits those cases in which one partner basically earns for a full time employment something close to what child care costs anyway. They CAN afford child care but child care is NOT WORTH IT. Just had to clarify what should be a simple concept, but sometimes I worry. on edit: this is essentially the point michealt made earlier https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38111884 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38111884 but they made it evidently as a reason why the original comment should be downvoted. on second edit: of course assumption is the other partner earns a lot.