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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I agree with his core premise—- it’s much better , in most cases, for a child to be raised by parents/grandparents vs daycare. Universal daycare is what is eww in this discussion. [/quote]

I do too.  Totally.

I would also like to point out that this audio is clearly edited... who knows what is spliced or missing.  And, it is an article from Salon, so that makes it even more questionable. 
Having said that, if advocating for having a grandparent assist with the care of a newborn infant is misogynistic, call me a misogynist.  I like when he pointed out that she could have just continued working and given some of her salary to help them out, but she chose to help with the care itself.  
And, I say this as someone who is currently in this exact position.... and I'm not Indian.  A grandmother who is lucky enough to help with the care of her grandchild during the critical first years of development.  I wouldn't trade it for anything in the world.  [/quote]

That's wonderful but many grandparents are still working, many are infirm, many kids have moved far from home so the grandparents aren't there to help, my own parents have a little of both - my father is still working and my mother has a debilitating disease that would make it impossible for her to have helped even if the kids were still close by enough for them to help to the degree that daycare wouldn't have been necessary.

But it's nice that you've figured out all the secrets to life. 
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Good grief.  Where did he say that he thinks everyone should do this?  He didn't.  In fact, he feels fortunate that his family was able to make this work.

I listened to the whole podcast.  And, as I suspected, the article cherry picked comments out of context to get the outrage up.  Not surprised at all.

Vance even said earlier on in the podcast that we should have legislation to make it easier to allow a parent to remain home during the first year, and acknowledging that this would probably be mostly the moms who chose to do that because...... Yes, research indicates that mothers would like to stay home longer with their children (as opposed to fathers).  That is just fact.

The conversation was interesting and involved a hell of a lot more than this article chose to cite.  And, in the context of the entire conversation, and the context of what data shows about parents' choices, what he said was very relevant and not at all misogynistic.

Some of  you seem to act like having children is a curse.  I feel sorry for you.

Here is the entire podcast..... the discussion about families and work/life balance is the last fourth of the podcast.

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-portal/id1469999563?i=1000473090465

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