San Francisco Asks: Where Have All the Children Gone?

Re:San Francisco Asks: Where Have All the Children Gone? by slizard on Sunday January 22, 2017 @11:45AM (#13455889)

The real problem starts with the idea/wording of "one / two income family". It trivializes the issue and is likely rooted in the dated "housewife" concept that forces people into a permanent role, dependence, and general lack of choice, a social structure that really needs reform (and has been to a great extent in many countries).

Why can't parents work (earn) and take care of their kids at the same time? Why assign a (permanent) role of stay-at-home-parent to essentially half of the adults (with children) risking unnecessarily trapping them in roles and financial state that's unfair.

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Re:San Francisco Asks: Where Have All the Children Gone? by mjevans on Sunday January 22, 2017 @12:20PM (#13456036)

I would speculate that it is lack of sufficient competition in the market. Therefore the cost of living for single workers in single worker dwellings raises to eliminate any surplus.

Most larger dwellings are similarly set by the price that can be afforded by two full time adult workers.

This leaves no room for reduced time workers, such as two adults with jobs that allow them to work within the hours that children are typically in public daycare (warehousing in schools).

It also doesn't help anyone that the building codes are very lousy at requiring sufficient acoustic isolation. I'd sure like to not be woken up early / kept up late by the noises of those in other units.

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Re:San Francisco Asks: Where Have All the Children Gone? by artpepper on Sunday January 22, 2017 @12:49PM (#13456181)

Because the U.S. has evolved a model where childcare is very expensive and people are expected to work > 40 hours per week. We need public pre-K and a 30- to 40-hour workweek.

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