What Caused the 'Baby Boom'? What Would It Take to Have Another?

Re:What Caused the 'Baby Boom'? What Would It Take to Have A... by dividefuel on Tuesday July 15, 2025 @06:35PM (#44576595)

If you read forums of new parents (e.g. parenting subreddits), the common consensus is that being a stay at home parent is far harder than a job.

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Re:What Caused the 'Baby Boom'? What Would It Take to Have A... by wolfgangK on Tuesday July 15, 2025 @07:05PM (#44576849)

"is hard" ≠ "sucks"

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Re:What Caused the 'Baby Boom'? What Would It Take to Have A... by risyachka on Tuesday July 15, 2025 @06:43PM (#44576667)

Everything worth doing is hard.

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Re:What Caused the 'Baby Boom'? What Would It Take to Have A... by tayo42 on Tuesday July 15, 2025 @08:38PM (#44577487)

Parenting subreddits have alot of the most extreme situations.

I have a child, alot of what I read on these internet groups isn't relatable.

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Re:What Caused the 'Baby Boom'? What Would It Take to Have A... by thehappypm on Tuesday July 15, 2025 @10:08PM (#44578006)

As a counterpoint, I am a stay at home parent right now because I’m on paternity leave and it is by far the best time I’ve ever had in my life

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Re:What Caused the 'Baby Boom'? What Would It Take to Have A... by arvinsim on Wednesday July 16, 2025 @09:48AM (#44582362)

As a daily Reddit user, I can definitely say to take anything from subreddits with a grain of salt.

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Re:What Caused the 'Baby Boom'? What Would It Take to Have A... by missedthecue on Wednesday July 16, 2025 @01:10PM (#44584612)

I have two cousins who became stay at home dads, and something really interesting is that the mothers claim that being a stay-at-home parent is exhausting grueling thankless work, and the fathers who are stay-at-home seem to love it! It seems that generally speaking, either fathers are too negligent, mothers are too neurotic, or some mixture of the two is happening.

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