They are screwed. But this isn’t why - even with high enough income it would not be great as a sole parent. Raising children is incredibly difficult - a lot mor

They are screwed. But this isn’t why - even with high enough income it would not be great as a sole parent. Raising children is incredibly difficult - a lot more difficult than people think until they go through it themselves. That’s if you have two parents with high paying jobs. Even if you have the funds to hire help, outsourcing your children isn’t exactly great. Children need their parents, not just a rotating set of random caretakers who don’t have the same skin in the game. In reality, what’s happening is that most parents are letting one aspect or the other go, in order to make it all work. If you are a single parent with low income, you have to let go of a lot of things where it is guaranteed to result in severe neglect of the child. Having a child at all in that situation is honestly something like a crime against the child. Even in the best conditions, it’s not going to be great for them.