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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]For those who weren't listening the first time - the problem is wage stagnation that has made most families NEED to have two full time working parents in order to afford a home with at least two bedrooms, a working car, etc.

Just think what our society could be like if part time work paid well (thus removing the need for full time day care) or if it wasn't a huge financial risk for a family to live on only one paycheck.

We are sheep. . .[/quote]
I agree that wage stagnation is an issue, but I disagree that the fundamental problem is that households need two incomes. There is nothing fundamentally wrong with two people who have kids wanting to work outside their homes.

Some key issues are, IMHO:
- Our focus on nuclear families without really enabling community or multi-generational support in the way humans have raised kids for millennia.
- Our culture of over-work. We don't need part-time work, necessarily. We need work-life balance. I'd settle for true 40 hour work weeks and better alignment between school and working hours.
- A shortage of high quality childcare, which is closely related to undervaluing this work.[/quote]

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