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My hypothesis (and it is literally just that) is it's due to a crash in stay-at-home parenting (or single earner households generally). Even back in the 80s, th
by petercooper 12y ago
My hypothesis (and it is literally just that) is it's due to a crash in stay-at-home parenting (or single earner households generally). Even back in the 80s, the amount of folks who were homemakers maintaining and binding communities together, keeping an eye on things during the day, etc, was much higher than now. Now almost everyone except retirees are at work, in nursery or at school and you're less likely than ever to see people out in the streets or to get an answer at a random home if you needed help.
- learc83 12y agoNumber of stay at home mothers is on the rise again, it's back to where it was in the mid 80s. http://www.pewsocialtrends.org/2014/04/08/after-decades-of-decline-a-rise-in-stay-at-home-mothers/ http://www.pewsocialtrends.org/2014/04/08/after-decades-of-d... That doesn't necessarily refute your hypothesis though, because it takes times for behaviors to change.