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Re:Why Child Care Is So Expensive by tptacek on Monday December 09, 2019 @07:40PM (#21748435)
Virtually none of the labor Rayiner is describing is a consequence of his kids not being able to go out and play. As he related, and as anyone who's parented a 15-month-old knows in their bones, keeping them from killing themselves or destroying the house is indeed a full-time job.
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Re:Why Child Care Is So Expensive by novok on Monday December 09, 2019 @08:35PM (#21748791)
I was talking more about the 7 year old than the 1 year old. Also grandparents, the village, other house spouses, etc helped with that early workload too.
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Re:Why Child Care Is So Expensive by tptacek on Monday December 09, 2019 @08:47PM (#21748855)
That begs the question of the thread, whose premise is that the labor those grandparents or "the village" put in has a price, and it is surprisingly high.
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