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Right, because raising kids isn't contributing to society.
by from-nibly 2y ago
Right, because raising kids isn't contributing to society.
- 39896880 2y agoContributing to the household income. It takes 2 incomes to live anywhere but BFE in the US.
- QuarterReptile 2y ago[flagged]
- bombcar 2y agoIt usually takes two incomes to afford childcare! I know single-income families at various levels of income across the country; it is certainly possible almost anywhere - if you want it.
- refurb 2y agoYeah but a big part of that is because both parents work. You can buy double the house with 2 incomes instead of 1.
- throwaway7ahgb 2y agoBFE? I'm guessing this is some slur for rural areas. You know the ones that typically have large families?
- defrost 2y agoThat's exactly why child care workers who look after packs of 15 to 20 kids at a time should be highly valued and paid a decent wage. It's how villages worked in the past, most adults did non child related work much of the time, some adults and some older children kept an eye on what the pooled group of kids were up to .. watching, sometimes educating, sometimes leading them in "work" building things, cooking, hunting, clearing fields etc. in small ways. It's a better use of labour than splitting every pair of adults into one for this type of work, the other always does child care.
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- jampekka 2y agoI'd guess they referred to the non-working parents contributing to the society by raising their children. All contributions don't get paid, and all that get paid don't contribute.
- taskforcegemini 2y agoraising wages doesn't equal better quality
- Libcat99 2y agoAll teachers should be well paid and well vetted. Teaching shouldn't be a self sacrifial social justice position, it should be an honored and well rewarded position.
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- malfist 2y agoSorry if I wasn't clear, but that wasn't my intention with the statement I made, I focused way too much on the "contributing to GDP" aspect of it. Raising kids is absolutely contributing to society.
- coldtea 2y agoNot being able to have kids because you can't afford one parent to quit, isn't.