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Originally posted by Not Me
I often wonder why people have kids if they are going to pay other people to raise them.
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Because if they didn't, it would - one way or another - tank the American economy. In just about every case where it happens, it's economicly efficient (trepidation mom appears to be one of the few exceptions). There are two alternatives: a) half of every couple with kids drops out of the workforce, causing an immediate drop in the nation's productivity, or b) people don't reproduce, in which case the nation kills itself. Of course, there could be a combination of the two, but it's still less efficient.
It's also a survival mechanism that predates society and is commonly found among animals that survive in packs, including dogs, lions, and most social apes. Some will protect the young while others find food, which they share with those protecting the young. Each particpant in the scheme does better than if there were no caretaking.
But this raises a question in my mind: I often wonder why people without children who don't know what the %&$# they're talking about write stupid crap on the lawyers with kids board.
