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https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/30/opinion/ai-labor-work-force-silicon-valley.html

What strategies are you embarking on to make sure you and your family are going to escape the permanent underclass?

Get educated k-12
No addictions
No big debts
Stay out of trouble
Work hard
Live within means
Set boundaries w toxic family members
Relocate if necessary

Avoiding teen parenthood and delaying childbearing until you are in a stable relationship with stable housing and income.
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Focus on stable housing and income. Accept that you might not be bearing children if this doesn't happen or even if it does, you might not be able to throw the cost of childcare into the mix. [/quote]

Nothing is stable anymore. College education and some meaningful skill, ability to navigate bureaucracy (in case applying for benefits) and you can risk it with childbearing. 
Waiting until 40 isn’t smart. You’ll never be a helpful grandma at 80, at that rate. Also your kid doesn’t want to deal with you in addition to dealing with newborns (assuming two generations become parents at 40 or so). [/quote]

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