That’s not a village, the village would be someone watching the kid while mom works.
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The village would be birth control, abortions and sterilizations being available to anyone who needs them so that 17 year old children aren’t having children in the first place
Here, they are all readily available. And we still end up with teen moms. Some people just can't.
The village would provide for the mother while she stayed home raising her child.....
I'm happily child free but there's a lot of folks out there who don't understand why someone like me would choose not to have kids.
It's because it's a fucking huge responsibility that apparently falls completely to the mother. Fuck that.
I agree with everything except:
that apparently falls completely to the mother. Fuck that.
I understand why you might say that, but as a single dad who has done 90% of the work while working crazy hectic jobs (and has maybe lost a chunk of sanity to it all), fuck that view. It's part of the reason I've been on an island (metaphorically, I WISH literally) for more than a decade. Everyone telling me I'm doing the right thing, but still treating me as a pariah. Where are the scholarships for single fathers or the programs targeted at us? Do we not count? It's seen as almost "creepy and weird," it seems. Fuck. That.
"Oh, let's do a playdate! Oh, your husband is jealous, too? Okay. Well, fuck me, I guess."
I'm not sure I understand. Sounds like you are suffering BECAUSE society wants this responsibility to fall completely on the mother. We don't even have a functional way for you to do that job without confusion and hostility.
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Honestly, the village is everything that was listed here. Including the workplace finding a way to be child friendly. Even a restaurant.
It is currently too hard to have kids, and you can see that less people are doing it because everyone is so insensitive to it.
Not to mention, this post might also cost her Job for breaking policy.
Watch her get fired over this.
Amidst all the outrage, I'd like to say I'm really in favour of having workplaces child friendly where possible. More time of letting the children spend time with mum or dad, rather than going to corporate childcare.
If any of you are planning an office layout today, make a playroom!
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her manager let her work <3 <3 <3
awwwwww what a truly great person
Let's be realistic, her manager didn't have the authority to pay her if she couldn't make it in and she needed the money.
As fucked as it is, they may have actually been helping to the best of their ability. The 'manager' may make $1.50 more per hour.
One time, one of my coworkers showed up to work with his kid, because the babysitter called in sick. My manager, without skipping a beat, told him to go home and be the best dad he possibly could, then, not only did she not use his sick time for this day, she made it a department policy to allow unlimited* "parent days". One of the best managers I've ever had.
' * Fine print was basically, don't abuse it, but use it when you need it.
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Please tell me the original poster was being sarcastic... Please...
Hahaha, no, dumbfucks all over think this is a feel good story because the job didn't fire her ass right away like they would have 15 years ago in the "you're lucky to have a job" era. Now they're so short on workers who actually want to work such bullshit-ass jobs that they're willing to "make exceptions."
Plus in a few years the girl can start working there too since child labor laws would be extinct and she already knows how to run the register.
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Every single fucking day, my soul wilts just a little bit more...
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I can't tell if this is a joke or if someone actually thought this was uplifting.
My mom lost her business when I was really little, and once we settled down somewhere new, she started working as a receptionist for an environmental company. She used to have to bring me to work with her sometimes. Everyone in the office was super chill about it, but if Ed, the owner/complete asshole was there, I had to hide under her desk until he left.
We need a lot of changes, but honestly, a UBI with an extra stipend for parents is one of the big ones. people can't afford to have kids, can't afford to lose their jobs because of their kids. Who the fuck is gonna take care of assholes like Ed when they're old if no one is having kids?
Who the fuck is gonna take care of assholes like Ed
Orphan crushing machine!
Having lived in milwaukee, I saw this a lot at fast food places
I saw it in a st louis taco bell recently.
Fucked up