Edit: Growing up lots of kids had a stay at home parent. That doesn’t seem to exist anymore, which isn’t just bad for kids but for communities.
Will that still be true in 5 years after work from home is even more commonplace?
If it's true in 5 years then you potentially maximise your misery.
If it's not then you might be happier, but the dynamics of things will have shifted greatly.
When betting it's usually best to bet on the status quo continuing, that's why the odds on incumbents keeping power is always higher.
Last night I walked into a supermarket and in front they told me to wear a mask because of Covid delta. Then I went to a restaurant and they asked to see my vaccination card. 700,000 dead of Covid in the past 18 months in the US.
For the important things (health and safety) it's never been a better time to have kids!
People with better options (most people with the skills to do it...) won't take those jobs.
But as someone from a "non standard" background (no qualifications on paper but could do the job), low paid jobs demanding relatively high skills were actually really useful for me in terms of building work experience and a network.
The environments tended to be chaotic and high turnover but proved to be a useful stepping stone rather than a dead end.
If I was 18-20ish today, is be VERY concerned about my possible earnings potential in the next, say 15-20 years. So much work will be automated, further consolidating wealth unto those fortunate enough to have some already, and the mythical "entry-level" bar leaps higher and higher.
I've seen some of the preferred requirements for entry level programming jobs and it's already completely psychotic, I'd be scared shitless getting started in a market that looks like this, and will almost certainly get worse in the near future.