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1. dzink+Y6[view] [source] 2025-09-09 14:57:09
>>toomuc+(OP)
This is fantastic! I hope they succeed and there is no abuse or other issues, because it will show how much an economy can grow when women are allowed to work to their full potential. Families who were previously in poverty because the mom would struggle to pay for childcare to work can now have assurance kids are ok while the mom can pursue jobs, start her own small business (huge chunk of businesses are small businesses ran by women) and prosper. If you pose your child’s safety vs another dollar, most parents would vote for their children. But if the children are taken care of, parents can give the economy their best and the taxes paid and GDP gained will pay back for the expense manyfold.
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2. alt227+Y9[view] [source] 2025-09-09 15:08:42
>>dzink+Y6
> it will show how much an economy can grow when women are allowed to work to their full potential

Why bring gender into it? There are plenty of families who choose to have stay at home Dads while the mother goes back to work full time. We are not in the 1950s any more.

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3. JKCalh+ab[view] [source] 2025-09-09 15:13:00
>>alt227+Y9
I would suspect the numbers show we're closer to the 1950's than you think. But I'm happy to be proven wrong.
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4. bluGil+Oi[view] [source] 2025-09-09 15:39:42
>>JKCalh+ab
Even if it is only 5% stay at home fathers, that is still 5% that is ignored. Staying at home as a parent isn't the right choice for everyone, but when society assumes that it is only mothers that is a disservice to the fathers who want to (and in some cases the couples who want a parent staying at home but it never occurs to them that it could be dad)
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