[thefounder]

Doing home chores does not make you employed. You can't get a mortgage with that. You don't get a pension or anything really.

[AdamN]

In Germany if you are on parental leave caring for a child you accrue social security benefits as if you were still at your job.

[thaumasiotes]

> Doing home chores does not make you employed. You can't get a mortgage with that.

Maybe you can't get a mortgage, but you can get a house.

Is that actually worse than getting a mortgage?

[thefounder]

>> Is that actually worse than getting a mortgage?

I don't know but I think it becomes obvious that you are not employed the moment you want to move out. The house becomes a prison.