Rachel on Nostr: Thank you for your honesty. I know I belong to the last generation that could afford ...

Thank you for your honesty. I know I belong to the last generation that could afford the ‘luxury’ of bringing up my own children - and even then I was in a minority. How have we got here? Something has gone very wrong with modern society - that the mother or father of young children is forced to hand over the most important work there is - bringing up the next generation - to a stranger - while they go out to earn money to largely cover the costs of the babysitter, with a bit left over to cover the rent and basic necessities. Not because they want to afford luxuries. Nor because they view their career as a greater priority than bringing up their offspring. Even sadder is the number of women who have been taught to believe that a paid job is worthwhile, bringing up their own children not. We will have a heavy price to pay. Thank god for bitcoin.