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"Unpaid" my ass. Did the household a SAHM mom occupies and all the resources she uses to maintain it fall out of the sky or something, or is there a man working to provide those things for her?
That's not the way the lame stream media wants us to view this. They want folks to believe that men were always holding women back from achieving their true potential... As if giving rise to the next generation is now considered some form of menial labor.
The people that lefties have been looking up to for advice on how to live have woefully misled an entire generation. They have them believing a bunch of junk that leads to societal collapse, not a prosperous future.
Then they complain that they don't make enough money.
Funny how folks love to blame others and expect them to take responsibility for their own self inflicted problems. Muh entitlement at it’s very finest.
I have loved being a stay at home mom. I was able to volunteer at my children’s schools as well as home school for a few years. I could go shopping, out to lunch, take naps in the middle of the day, read books, work on projects, etc. Heck, I get to hang out with you peeps all day if I like.
I haven’t had to impress the boss, deal with meetings, meet sales quotas, etc. Pretty much all that my husband asks that I do (besides child care) is fix dinner and wash the clothes. He does plenty of work around the house. Although I do get bored from time to time, that is my responsibility to deal with, and I’m sure people get bored at work as well. Overall, I think I’ve gotten a really good trade off.
Having said that, I don’t think being a SAHM is for everyone. I think my daughter will definitely need to work outside the home to satisfy her intellectual curiosity.
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Articles like this make my eyes cross. 8:31 pm? Man, what a luxury that would have been! I was up at 6:30ish, and done with parenting kids at 10:30 pm when they were little, and the wee hours of the morning when they were teenagers.
I really didn't think humans could survive so long on so little sleep. BUT, am blessed to have done it. Just got off a ZOOM with all my kids, and I wouldn't have changed a thing.
But yes. The old saying a man works from sun to sun, but women's work is never done certainly defined my experience. And what a joy it was.
I think that is what is happening.
US birth rate is tanking.
Correct, I specialize in demographics and population age structure changes over time, and there are always surprises that the demographers don't predict or foresee. One major one is the population is aging at a much faster rate than predicated 10 years ago, even factoring in the large Boomer generation, of which the youngest cohort will all be turning 65 in the next 7 years or less. In many counties in the US, there are a much higher percentage of the population over age 65 than under age 18. Even with remote work and people moving to more rural areas, that is a trend that will not be changing in the short-term.
I think that is what is happening.
US birth rate is tanking.
The people who should be having kids, aren't.
The people who shouldn't, are.
We are screwed.
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