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what happened with socialization, friends and parents

>>throwm+(OP)
Do you have a lot of friends who'd be willing to watch your children for 9 hours a day while you work, especially young infants?

>>throwm+(OP)
> socialization, friends

This still happen at daycare. If you have sent your kid to daycare/preschool, you'll know that kids become friends wit nother kids there, and parents can become friends withnother parents. A community forms because playdates are necessary when daycare/preschool is out.

> parents

Sometimes economic realities are such that both parents have to work to make ends meet. There are single-family households that also exist. Childcare is a necessity in these and other situations.

>>throwm+(OP)
Daycare involves all of those things.

>>pavel_+X1
No one does because everyone needs to have a job to survive in the US today. It used to be that many couples could survive on a single income. Not only did that allow them to better care for their kids, it also allowed them to help their siblings, parents, other family members, friends, neighbors, and community.

>>tbirdn+8X
> It used to be that many couples could survive on a single income

Historically, this is not true - women have always taken in work. Living on someone else's dime was for the wealthy only. The post-war years were a historical anomaly.