Comment on How tf do people who work 8-5 M-F get any life done?
Tower@lemmy.zip 1 week agoEh, except that was only ever true above a certain income level. There has always been a portion of the working class excluded from those perks.
Comment on How tf do people who work 8-5 M-F get any life done?
Tower@lemmy.zip 1 week agoEh, except that was only ever true above a certain income level. There has always been a portion of the working class excluded from those perks.
searabbit@piefed.social 1 week ago
I think the point is that the income level that could afford a stay at home parent used to be way lower than it is today. My parents bought a house in the hood in the 90s for around $100k in their 20s, got by with 3 kids on a single blue collar salary of less than $40k in the 2000s (like ~$70k today), and are doing great financially today. The oldest of us with no kids struggled to buy any home on a double income in specialized skills with degrees. We grew up qualifying for state benefits and pell grants and somehow us kids who are technically “middle class” are doing so much more for less.