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by thewebguyd 10 days ago
Tuition assistance per kid isn't going to cut it. That doesn't solve any other problem of: unaffordable housing, unaffordable child care, a hustle culture that mandates people be productive and climb the career ladder to barely get ahead, the loss of complete freedom and free time, etc.

The incentives just aren't there.
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em-bee 10 days ago
both parents having to work fulltime, and the severe hit to your career if you pause working while the children are young is the primary hindrance in my view.
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thewebguyd 9 days ago
Yeah the career thing is huge, and also just a general lack of flexibility at a lot of companies. Expectations to be in-office, butt in chair for 8 hours a day, etc.

When you have kids, you need the freedom to just get up and leave at any time to respond to things. School calls cause your kid is sick, emergencies, you name it. You gotta be there and be available for them, and we need a culture to where that doesn't become damaging to your career, and enough worker protections in place to where you cannot face disciplinary action for that.

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em-bee 9 days ago
we need a culture to where that doesn't become damaging to your career

this is what i keep repeating over and over again.

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