Rain sounds aside - let’s talk about when common sense doesn’t fit the facts.
And why we may have the “why” for why we “hate” kids all wrong.
Often “obvious” causes can get cause and effect backwards - as I suggest - may be happening with falling bith rates and policy failure to address them.
What if the reason we have less babies being born is because we have *too much* rather than too little childcare? What if the normalization - nay - *neccesity* - to hand tot babies off to strangers to raise while you simply must go back to paid work has shifted our *values* about children to the point where we weigh only extrinsic costs and forget about (or destroy) intrinsic values of care?
(Yes I’m back on my commoditised care bandwagon).
And be that as it may - where else have you’ve seen “obvious common sense” in theory getting reality in practice just absolutely wrong?
Let me know…
Read more:
Why Americans hate kids : https://www.businessinsider.com/why-america-hates-its-children-parenting-expensive-childcare-schools-kids-2024-1
The obvious suggestion : https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/892c1ebb-47a4-45ac-a7be-b3bf8c3fa3cb
Why it’s wrong : https://www.vox.com/23971366/declining-birth-rate-fertility-babies-children
A new kind of feminism : https://interintellect.com/salon/feminism-against-progress-a-conversation-with-mary-harrington-and-bronwyn-williams/
More discussion : https://www.linkedin.com/posts/bronwynwilliams_no-wonder-britain-isnt-having-more-babies-activity-7150089210773905408-XEDJ?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_ios
Why *do* we “hate” our kids?