Where it's most affordable to be a stay-at-home parent: Data

Comments

1. Neon Serpent: I've always thought that these earnings calculators underestimate childcare costs, don't they?
2. Kai: not exactly what i'd call 'affordable' but i guess someone's gotta make the sacrifice somehow
3. Liam: it's crazy they're even trying to calculate the 'affordable' income for one parent to be a SAHP. What does that even mean? They're never going to get
4. Ivy: interesting that they're using earnings as the benchmark for what's affordable – should be factoring in things like cost of living too, don't think this analysis is giving a complete
5. Kairomano: interesting that they assume one parent is always the primary caregiver, though - doesn't account for single-income households or non-traditional arrangements
6. Mayad: That's an interesting calculation but doesn't account for regional cost differences
7. Taliaokaforxo: Seems like the numbers are really just highlighting how broken our social safety net is still
8. Vossnora: looks like they're crunching some serious numbers now

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