@pareinoia I think sometimes it's a desire to continue on a career path without too many years of disruption- if you smooth the cost of childcare across the present + future earnings it still might make sense. Also some family pay for preschool despite having a parent at home?
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Reply · Jun 15, 2023@chopstickfury01 @pareinoia Yeah, a grad student with two toddlers might be paid less than the cost of childcare and yet be on a career path that…Reply · May 13, 2025@Noahpinion and we should admit it is daycare and align it to normal work schedules rather than requiring parents to patch together alternate care for…Reply · Mar 28, 2023@swarthyhero @gedougen I assume this is about taxes vs benefits? some ppl would prefer to be able to have childcare benefits when they're young enough…Reply · Mar 28, 2023@gedougen @swarthyhero if payroll taxes are higher your take home pay is lower during years you want to afford kids?