In case you hadn't heard: parunting during COVID-19 is harrrdd.
Working and parunting are at odds for many reasons: newsflash!
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/27/upshot/coronavirus-exposes-workplace-truths.html
Comments have the usual plethora of opinions:
"I'm doing the world and economy a big favor by breeding becuz childrun futurrr! For this tremendous service we provide we need free: childcare, insurance, healthcare at someone else's expense! Where is the Easter bunny?"
"Having childrun is a choice."
"You should have (suggests rewrite for published story which likely tells her/his POV instead of the author's choice)"
"It takes a village (and the taxes from each) to raise spawn"
"Who will take care of you in your old age?"
"I have no time to myself...because brats"
This guy in particular is off his rocker:
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Nutty McNutternuts
In every other species nature’s imperative is to successfully bring the parent’s replacements into the world. Indeed, the most universally enjoyed roll of adult humans throughout the world is the creation and care of children. That has been our central preoccupation for hundreds of millennia until the arrival of modern capitalism. The fact that our society is no longer centered around this most beautiful and satisfying pursuit does not bode well for the future of civilization nor for our species in general.
Childrearing is universally enjoyed? A beautiful and satisfying pursuit?
