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What could Universal Early Childcare look like?

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Re: What could Universal Early Childcare look like?

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Post by itake »

oh_sigh wrote: post #3
ta8645 wrote: post #2

It could look a lot like a nuclear family. With a healthy economy that doesn't require both parents to work.

So basically one person, usually the woman, gets to not have a personal life.

My sister (a new mom) is loving the community Mom's groups bring to her life. She admitted to me that if it wasn't for the FANGA money, she prefers to be a stay-at-home mom.

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Post by hokumguru »

CreRecombinase wrote: post #6
ta8645 wrote: post #2

It could look a lot like a nuclear family. With a healthy economy that doesn't require both parents to work.

How might one go about making the nuclear family a universal?

Anecdotally it feels that there are growing subsets of people in this country who view the traditional nuclear family as something that must be dismantled as part of the "old system". I imagine it'd be quite difficult to push that notion nowadays.

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Post by wernercd »

oh_sigh wrote: post #3
ta8645 wrote: post #2

It could look a lot like a nuclear family. With a healthy economy that doesn't require both parents to work.

So basically one person, usually the woman, gets to not have a personal life.

Why not? It's worked throughout history. Men and women working together to make the world a better place.

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Post by VoodooJuJu »

oh_sigh wrote: post #3
ta8645 wrote: post #2

It could look a lot like a nuclear family. With a healthy economy that doesn't require both parents to work.

So basically one person, usually the woman, gets to not have a personal life.

I know that corporate-sponsored media would have you believe your work acquaintances are your family and your one true source of friends, but it's just not the case, and if you drink that kool-aid, ultimately it's you and your children who lose.

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Post by gedy »

oh_sigh wrote: post #3
ta8645 wrote: post #2

It could look a lot like a nuclear family. With a healthy economy that doesn't require both parents to work.

So basically one person, usually the woman, gets to not have a personal life.

No, I think it's us folks farting in office chairs with headphones on that don't have a personal life.

Re: What could Universal Early Childcare look like?

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Post by osigurdson »

hammock wrote: post #9

If it looks anything like government and union-run public schools, not good. For example, Chicago public school teachers get paid more than any other school system in the US (from $60k for a new teacher to $114k for the most experienced) and the schools have some of, if not the worst educational outcomes: in 2019, 1 in 4 7th graders could not read at grade level

Agree. Give governments money, get less back now with strings attached.

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Post by wernercd »

voz_ wrote: post #7

At one point, I was bombarded by this topic. Reddit, NPR, Twitter, every single voice left leaning voice was beating this drum. Why? We didn’t accomplish universal healthcare, women’s rights are under attack, climate change is unaddressed, nazis are growing in boldness and volume. We, in the left, have failed in most of our latest crusades (certainly the ones in my life) because the regressive powers are entrenched a…

The problem is you think the left isn't full of regressive powers.

You, in the left, have failed because you're guilty of what you claim others are doing and do so while calling anyone you disagree with "nazi's" and "racists". making those "slurs" worth less than the promises you're failing to kill us all with.

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Post by dudul »

oh_sigh wrote: post #3
ta8645 wrote: post #2

It could look a lot like a nuclear family. With a healthy economy that doesn't require both parents to work.

So basically one person, usually the woman, gets to not have a personal life.

My wife is a mom full time by choice - and because we can afford ot. She goes to play dates, she gives yoga lessons, is part of a bookclub, etc.

Tired of the old "no life for the caregiver" trope. If I had a choice, between slaving away to enrich y rich CEO or take care of my kids my choice would be easy.

Re: What could Universal Early Childcare look like?

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Post by treetoppin »

wernercd wrote: post #10
hammock wrote: post #9

If it looks anything like government and union-run public schools, not good. For example, Chicago public school teachers get paid more than any other school system in the US (from $60k for a new teacher to $114k for the most experienced) and the schools have some of, if not the worst educational outcomes: in 2019, 1 in 4 7th graders could not read at grade level

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It’s shocking how much this gets thrown around, yet there are countless people who are alive only because someone from the government showed up to help. A democratic government is no more or less corrupt then the people they serve.
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