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I kinda think at least some form of part-time toddler daycare is necessary. For the stay-at-home parent's sanity.
by triceratops 1mo ago
I kinda think at least some form of part-time toddler daycare is necessary. For the stay-at-home parent's sanity.
- hdgvhicv 1mo agoIf it were more common than you’d have your Neighbours kid for a few hours while they have some sanity and vice versa. This is a long way from 10 hours a day of outsourcing when the kid is only awake for 12 hours. Childcare is for the benefit of the companies who can then extract value from more workers.
- triceratops 1mo ago100% agree if you have suitable neighbors (parents with similar age children) this is an ideal arrangement. Not everyone is so lucky.
- hdgvhicv 1mo agoBecause most nearby parents will be working 8 hours plus a day and shipping the kids to full time childcare I was lucky with my kids, we don’t live somewhere like London, we could book 4 hour periods a couple of times a week and didn’t need two full time workers.
- greenowl 1mo agoCan't this just be the other spouse? When they are home from work then the stay-at-home parent can have a break. What's so difficult about this?
- triceratops 1mo agoThen the working parent never gets a break for themselves? The couple never spends time together alone? (Or only after the kid's bedtime when they're both absolutely exhausted) Of course some people do this. But it's hard.
- greenowl 1mo agoSo what exactly does the working parent need a "break" from? Surely it's not their kids - as they've been completely absent from their lives during the entire working week.
- triceratops 1mo agoIs it shocking people may want to do things other than their job and spending time with their children?