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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The notion that waiting to marry and have children makes you more financial secure and leads to more promotions at work is pure fiction. Dual incomes allow you to buy a home, and more home at that, much sooner. A married 28 y/o couple over the last few years has watched their house explode in value. While unwed yuppies flush money down the drain on rent. Most young adults mature very quickly when the first kid arrives; waiting stunts that maturation. And most employers reward married with kids colleagues, as it signals you’re stable and trustworthy, and married with kids (and grandkids) elder bosses connect with you. The unmarried and childless just seem flighty, aimless and frankly weird.[/quote]

Yes, you can get ahead financially with a two-income home, but that goes right out the window once you have kids. Usually a huge chunk of one earner's paycheck has to go toward daycare, or the person drops out of the workforce to care for children. This disproportionately affects women, who wind up with less education, fewer career options, and lifetime earnings much less than their spouses.

Since the entire premise of the Granny's rantings is for women to marry young and have more than 1-2 children, she is unquestionably advocating for women to remain at an economic and educational disadvantage to their husbands.[/quote]

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