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Re:Google to keep employees home until summer 2021 by alach11 on Monday July 27, 2020 @04:07PM (#23968876)
Parents are spending more time with their kids today than was common in the past. There are huge economic/social upsides to having grandparents or schools cover more time.
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Re:Google to keep employees home until summer 2021 by AsyncAwait on Monday July 27, 2020 @04:16PM (#23968952)
> Parents are spending more time with their kids today than was common in the past.

And? How do we know it's enough? Based on the number of unhappy, abusive households, certainly doesn't seem so.

My point is that parents should have the economic means to spend more time with their children if required, such as during a pandemic, while facing minimum stress and economic disruption.

When parents have to work full time and often barely be able to take care of their children, it leads to stress at home and directly impact the child.

Maybe working 40+ hours a week isn't a good deal anymore?

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Re:Google to keep employees home until summer 2021 by regularfry on Monday July 27, 2020 @06:42PM (#23970285)
Has the number of "unhappy, abusive households" increased along with the rise of dual-income families? That's what you'd expect, right?
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