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Sera's avatar

This shift is caused by of the lack of social supports for parents and caregivers. There is almost no help that parents get for being parents - mothers get lower wages, fathers get wage bumps and are expected to work more. Caregivers are poorly paid.

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Kd's avatar

Failing to have a category for meaningful relationships or community strikes me as a profound limitation to the statistic. The question forces a skew between having a bio family or traditional family and working. So many of us (parents) have friendships or a life outside of work.

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