Originally Posted by
razz
This is a very old and exhausted argument, UL. Your social work courses should advise on this.
If you want future workers, someone has to provide care to ensure a good start. Standards have improved but not everyone can afford today's cost of childcare. Hence, maternity leave for a year in Canada.
I chose to be home for 6 years to ensure that they got the proper start. I did try working but the price on their well-being was too high in DH and my opinion.
When I retired, the timeout I took for childcare reduced my benefit from the federal pension plan by about a third less. In addition, I was occasionally unemployed as DH's employment moved him around.
It is not all about $$$$$$$ and simple accounting. Life has demands, family has demands, community has demands that don't compute with your clinical detached and uninformed observation. But women do pay a price when they stay home and provide childcare and many other services benefitting the community.
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