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Except the definition used in the article, a ban is when a parent group disagrees with the authorities (the librarians) and does not want the book in a tax-payer funded library: "P…

Reminder: a "book ban" is simply when a there is book that is acclaimed by the establishment, available in book stores across America, on the shelves of thousands of school librari…

Taking care of a baby can be very social ... as long as the other mother's aren't all at work. And what exactly are these jobs that are a rest compared to taking care of a baby? Ar…

> there should be a team of professional adults Look up how much housing costs, and how much professional nannies cost, in a location where the software engineer and lawyer are mak…

It all adds up. On average, daycare in USA costs $18k a year per child ( https://www.care.com/c/how-much-does-child-care-cost/ ), which is the best measure of the total resources t…

No, because you have to count all the employment going into running and supplying the daycare, which includes facilities, equipment, administration, extra staff, etc. You have to l…

I don't want to optimize for the economy... but if I did ... Instead of having the second parents work the non-greedy job painting a house or what-not, and then third-parties worki…

The argument is that producing children has massive positive externalities; there is value created for society that is not captured by the parent. In economics terms, all gains-fro…

If that is what you mean then I seriously doubt your claim that there are few non-greedy jobs that contribute to the economy. What I said is "that contribute to the economy enough …

Yea, more dual-income families means: - Bidding up the price of housing - Fewer parents active in overseeing the schools, volunteering to fix up the community, etc. - Less general …

The post I was replying to said that free parental leave would allow parents to "give their best to the economy" and reach their "full potential" at the career. To me that implied …

because it will show how much an economy can grow when women are allowed to work to their full potential. Disagree. Everyone needs to realize that having two parents who both have …

I dislike the perversity of taxing people than only giving the money back to them if they arrange their life in a way that policy-makers prefer (two income family). I especially di…

- Extra-staffing of floaters to be able to give staff breaks or handle staff sick days or workers quitting - Taxes - Insurance - Administrative staff to handle billing and complian…

Yeah, I've wondered if there is some sort change in how people think about and label their activities. Would a 1950s parent even think of themselves as doing a defined activity cal…

That is true! From what I have seen and heard from the schools around me, every year the assigned texts are getting shorter and with a lower reading level.

I remember teachers in my school having a poor opinion, dissuading us from reading contemporary books. I'm still not convinced on their rationale. That's funny, what I am hearing f…

Who in 2025 is actually against putting Lord of the Rings in the curriculum because it is too "popular" or not old enough? It's the same age as a lot of other classic high school t…

You are conflating social trends among young people to identify as gender non-confirming for social clout, with adults who have intractable gender dysphoria. It's not just me who i…

There is zero evidence that your "common sense approach" works at all, and there is zero evidence that reparative or conversion therapy works at all for those with legitimate gende…

I do not advocate routine genital check for office workers. The crucial questions for me are the following: 1) should institutions that have female only spaces or events be allowed…

> I'm a bit confused as to why you are pretending that the word "gender" and the concept of gender either doesn't exist or is part of some very recent flimsy social construct. The …

We don't need a mind reading machine to understand what gender dysphoria is, because gender dysphoric people tell us what they are thinking and feeling It's not this simple. For on…

What is "gender identity"? What is the evidence that "gender identity" exists, outside of my identity as a sexed being (ie the influence of hormones on my brain and psychological d…

I am having a much harder time finding that objectionable in the same way as I found what I understood the scenario to be. I'm not saying I'm for it, maybe there needs to be some t…