Originally Posted by Maxwell
You can't really blame the parents anymore, this isn't the 1950's. Both parents have to work about 8-12 hours a day just to afford their mortgage, car payments, food, clothing etc. The parents don't have time to be involved anymore. It's just not possible.
Makes you think twice about staying in the states, as I'd love to move out of this place I just don't know where there are as many jobs with decent pay, it's like we're all trapped with a bunch of stupid rats.
So people should just have children and hope that the state takes care of all aspects of their lives? Where is the personal responsibility that is supposed to accompany our personal freedoms? Why such a strong desire for many to be a parent without the financial security to raise the child? Perhaps one of the main reasons that we are dumbing down is that people with the least means to raise children are procreating the most.
How come you say there are many jobs with decent pay in the U.S.? If the pay was decent, why would a family need two wage earners?
Don't get me wrong - I believe it will get much harder for the average American to maintain a prosperous standard of living and it is definitely more difficult to make ends meet for the masses than it was several decades ago. I just don't understand how parents aren't responsible for their personal choices.