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by phil-martin
1722 days ago
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That's a really good question. But there are many cases where the unanticipated costs of things non-kids, such as housing, have escalated rapidly enough during that 5 years your child could use child care. As you were planning your pregnancy and the next 5 years, the circumstances around you shift sufficiently that you NEED that second job, or second income, or third job, or whatever it is, just to afford housing or power. For example, in my regional part of Australia, rent has gone up 30% in the past 18 months. If my kids were 0-5 instead of 11-14, I'd be panicking a little, because child care is expensive and hard to find. |
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