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1. anon29+(OP)[view] [source] 2024-02-14 22:11:33
As someone from an Asian background that grew up in the United States, I'm shocked at how many of my friends parents refuse / don't want to look after their grandchildren. My parents watch our kids multiple times per week, and I seemed to have married a relative unicorn amongst Anglo-Saxons because my in-laws watch them as well.

I think this is a highly under-rated reason why birthrates are falling. Grandparenting is actually a big deal, and we need to encourage it more. It's like the fatherhood campaigns we used to have. Don't be a deadbeat grandma / grandpa... it's not cool.

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2. gnicho+Y7[view] [source] 2024-02-14 23:00:27
>>anon29+(OP)
I don't think this is that uncommon. It just depends on how far grandparents live, and whether they have other grandkids. When our first child was born, both sets of grandparents couldn't wait to help out — it was their first grandchild, after all. As other kids have been born, they've had less time to do so.
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3. anon29+tc[view] [source] [discussion] 2024-02-14 23:30:16
>>gnicho+Y7
My experience has not been 'we don't want to care for grandkids because we're so busy caring for our copious grandchildren that we're too busy for one'. It's more like "I want to go to Europe... too bad".
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4. siquic+Ps[view] [source] [discussion] 2024-02-15 01:35:03
>>anon29+tc
^100% this
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