[zeroonetwothree]

When I was a kid “child care” was either your grandparents or the neighborhood kid watching 6 screaming toddlers at once.

I’m pretty sure that doesn’t cost more than college today :).

Our standards have just risen massively.

[jimbokun]

Many parents would probably love to have grandparents close enough and willing to watch the kids while they work.

[moduspol]

It sounds crazy now, but prior to the 1970s, sometimes even the mother might primarily provide the child care.

[account42]

Do you really think that dropping of your kids at a flu factory is a higher standard than having caring relatives (often even one of the parents themselves) available to give them a good childhood?

[dalyons]

We’re forced to move away from our grandparents and family neighborhood help to have careers to afford to live