if it were my job to create propaganda for the purpose of reducing the human population, one thing i would do is reframe parenting as “unpaid labor”https://twitter.com/nytimes/status/1258094215361413121 …
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I think the author would agree w some of the points you’re making about how we don’t put enough resources in this and is using this linguistic framing to underscore that.
A lot rides on the "labor" part. It's not just degrading, it's dystopian. Most stay-at-home parents don't consider what they're doing the provision of a service fungible with what's otherwise available on the market. And indeed, it isn't.
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It takes a lot of time + energy & represents an opportunity cost for someone who'd otherwise work, but it doesn't belong in the labor frame. Even if you want the government to subsidize it, which I think it probably should, you're not going to have billable Loving My Kid hours
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Maybe not seeing aspects of care as “labor” is precisely the reason there isn’t political will for the government to adequately subsidize it, especially for pre-K unlike most other industrialized countries.
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my sister is literally rapid-fire texting me this rn, and she is not in a good mood (morning sickness with #2)
Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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Stay at home parents where and in what market? If you’re a stay at home parent in SF without elders or extended family around providing care, you may have financial resources.
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Kim I'm about to be priced out of this market with zero kids. I'm not even sure what kind of "splaining" this is, but it's not a response to my tweet.
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