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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Offer free child care or to pay for a nanny. I wish my parents could help in that way and would remove a huge barrier to parenthood.[/quote]

Entitled much?  If you cannot support your own kids, then don't have kids. 
We hired a nanny so my parents could enjoy thier retirement years (they would ocassionally babysit). It meant cutting back on some luxuries, vacations, etc - but our kids, our sacrifice.[/quote]

No one said she had to do this but it would certainly help her children consider having babies more seriously if she was able/ willing to help. Day care is super expensive and one of the reasons many millennial have to wait. [/quote]

NP here and involved grandparents was the main reason I had kids “early” (starting age 29) but not because of cost. I didn’t want to quit my career but I also didn’t want DB to be with an unrelated childcare worker for the majority of their waking hours. I probably would have delayed kids for a few years until I was more settled in my career, but my Mom made it clear that she was willing to help, so I felt a lot more comfortable going to work with her around to supervise the nanny.[/quote]

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