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Anonymous wrote:The wording of this statement is just bad and it gives the left great content to create political attacks. However, the statement itself if consistent with commonly accepted human evolutionary theory regarding the grandparents providing a survival advantage for grandkids.

Come on. Speak like a normal human. It sounds like your brain is rotting in redpill nonsense when you start talking about the world through "evolutionary theory" and "survival advantage."

Anonymous wrote:The wording of this statement is just bad and it gives the left great content to create political attacks. However, the statement itself if consistent with commonly accepted human evolutionary theory regarding the grandparents providing a survival advantage for grandkids.

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Anonymous wrote:I think he was trying to make the point that caring for a child is important and worth taking time off from even a high level profession, but if so he did a horrible job of conveying the thought. Instead of being relatable, he's revolting.

Also it's not the sole purpose of post menopausal women and is pretty elitist because most people are forced to choose work over staying with a child.

Stop making excuses for him. We shouldn’t have to decode what Vance and Trump mean to say. JD doesn’t want to be relatable to any group other than very conservative Christian extremists. He certainly behaves like an incel. Presents as an alpha. I really believe he’s dangerously repressed, and desires to be a woman. Possibly sexual abuse as a child. Wonder how influential his church clergy was.

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Anonymous wrote:Show me any dating history of his prior to meeting his now wife when he was like 28 years old. He's a wacko incel in some sort of arranged marriage. When you miss out on dating in your formative teens and 20s, you're forever a weird creep.

100% an incel until he met his wife in his late 20s, a match arranged by their creepy right wing gatekeeper professors.

That guy is the walking personification of "Nice Guy in the Friendzone"

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Anonymous wrote: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.

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.

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.

^ Me again - and some just don't WANT to move from full time work into full time childcare, even if those kids are their grandchildren. Some people have worked really hard for decades and want some time in retirement to enjoy themselves. They have earned the right to do that!

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote: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.

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.

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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Anonymous wrote: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.

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.

Anonymous wrote:I think he was trying to make the point that caring for a child is important and worth taking time off from even a high level profession, but if so he did a horrible job of conveying the thought. Instead of being relatable, he's revolting.

Also it's not the sole purpose of post menopausal women and is pretty elitist because most people are forced to choose work over staying with a child.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Show me any dating history of his prior to meeting his now wife when he was like 28 years old. He's a wacko incel in some sort of arranged marriage. When you miss out on dating in your formative teens and 20s, you're forever a weird creep.

100% an incel until he met his wife in his late 20s, a match arranged by their creepy right wing gatekeeper professors.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Show me any dating history of his prior to meeting his now wife when he was like 28 years old. He's a wacko incel in some sort of arranged marriage. When you miss out on dating in your formative teens and 20s, you're forever a weird creep.

100% an incel until he met his wife in his late 20s, a match arranged by their creepy right wing gatekeeper professors.