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Yes, and we just threw away what little shared child-raising community we did have with Covid restrictions. Raising children isolated and alone is absolutely against every instinct, and (I think) incredibly bad for the long-term health and welfare of all involved.

We will see how this plays out, but in my experience so far, it's women who have ended up returning to defacto and fulltime childcarers. Our response as a culture to Covid may mark the high point of women's progress in the workplace.