In which the Economist literally refers to stay-at-home parenting as "a 100% earnings decline." Is this what a family culture in a death spiral looks like?https://twitter.com/TheEconomist/status/1063724705591541760 …
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IMO, this is a status norms thing; possibly an overcorrection on old norms that dictated that having a lot of cool stuff but no kids probably meant there was something wrong with you. Now, a massive collection of status goods gets you further than having a middle-class family
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There are some market-based reasons for this: if you're productive, nobody cares about your home life; all the better if there are no family obligations vying for your attention. But I don't discount the destatusing of SAHMs & millennials being memed to death on overpopulation
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I remember when the narrative was about valuing SAHM work. My wife chose (not at all influenced by me) to stay at home while the kids are toddlers. Some colleagues were highly judgmental. Some even said the kids were missing out on childcare interactions with other kids.
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Surely parents should have free agency to choose what they value most. If one (or both in a shared scenario) choose to stay home and forego income to personally provide care during the day that shouldn’t be considered a “loss”.
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Very interesting. Good meta observations. I also find it interesting that messaging/meming about overpopulation collided directly with sudden messages regarding underpoulation and the inability of govs to pay social obligations. A jarring 180o “about face” the past few years.
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Come to think of it, we’ve basically transitioned from the Paul Ehrlich (and so many others) model of overpopulation=bad to Julian Simon’s model of overpopulation=good. Quite the swing.
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“Memed to death”. I like that.
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who is talking about overpopulation other than people who don’t understand anything?
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What would be defined as ‘overpopulation’?
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