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Re:The Portuguese can no longer afford to live in Portugal by ngc248 on Friday September 02, 2022 @05:29AM (#32688635)
Its not just lowering housing costs. Raising a child does not just include housing cost, it also includes a ton of other costs, and since families have become nuclear and both parents work, it is hard to birth more children since cost/time that you need to spend on child rearing will be more. What is the solution to this? No idea
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Re:The Portuguese can no longer afford to live in Portugal by zo1 on Friday September 02, 2022 @12:48PM (#32692925)
Yeah, take it further. Allow single-income households to prosper and be able to afford homes & children. Watch one-parent from each household start flocking to stay at home, maintaining a well-functioning household that's not dependent on external "services", and then having a bunch more than 1.5 kids is a possibility and probably a very appealing thought versus what it is now.
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Re:The Portuguese can no longer afford to live in Portugal by ChuckNorris89 on Friday September 02, 2022 @09:04AM (#32690214)
You mean childcare costs?
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