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The benefits to the children could take many years to realize, but the benefits to parents would be immediate. Your last paragraph seems to suggest that only w
by titanomachy 3y ago
The benefits to the children could take many years to realize, but the benefits to parents would be immediate.
Your last paragraph seems to suggest that only well-off people should be having kids. That’s certainly one way to run a society.
- paulryanrogers 3y agoWhatever parents think of kids themselves the reality is the costs are high and have been rising.
- chongli 3y agoI’m talking about financial benefits. Emotional benefits like bonding with your children are great. They just don’t pay the bills. And they don’t accrue to society at large in any measurable way. What society gets out of investing in children is measured purely in economic terms. That calculation is quite messy if we’re talking about government provided full time child care! And honestly I think paid child care is a red herring of an issue. The real problem is that housing costs have ballooned out of control. This has forced moms back into the workplace in order to pay the mortgage on two incomes. If housing was cheap like it was back in the 50s-70s, we wouldn’t be worrying about child care costs!
- satvikpendem 3y ago> Your last paragraph seems to suggest that only well-off people should be having kids. The parent's explanation (no pun intended) is descriptive, not prescriptive or with a value judgment attached. They are describing how it is today, not necessarily how it should be.