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People are complaining about how there is a lack of time
for children's because of too much work. Also people are
complaining about lack of jobs in general in a typical
modern economy.
Well, just as how banning children from working helped
increase living standards, and improving the bargaining
power of the remaining worker pool (supply and
demand)...
Perhaps we could enforce a rule to ensure that
only a single parent in a family unit, can be employed at
any given working day.
Kr1ll1nX from reddit highlighted these benefits:
+ Less employment competition in the local economy.
+ Housework obligations are met, reducing stress on
both.
+ Businesses receive a steady flow of customers
throughout operating hours, as opposed to boom\bust
shifts.
+ Children receive better attention and care.
+ Keeping up a household is a full time job, and even
more so when kids are involved. However, the pros far
outweigh the cons for all parties involved.
reddit comment by Kr1ll1nX
http://www.reddit.c...as_designed/chezyif
[mofosyne, May 11 2014]
Alternative marriage types on the horizon
http://www.thenewam...an-unconstitutional
As mentioned in an annotation. [Vernon, May 11 2014]
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You can't be sure that this system will allow the single working parent
to earn enough to provide for the family.--that is exactly why many
parents work TWO jobs each, not just one. |
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However, there is an alternative. Ever heard of "group marriage"?
The laws that are allowing same-sex marriage are going to end up
also allowing polygamous and polyandrous marriages, and more. So,
imagine a group of 3 bisexual couples that decide to marry as a group.
That means 5 of them can go work at various jobs, and the 6th can do
the child-raising..... |
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Or just wait for polyspecific marriages to become
legal, and leave the goldfish at home. |
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This would discourage people from having children. |
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I like Vernon's idea of marrying up some unpaid help into the family. Probably there would be lots of takers who need the immigration help. |
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•There must be better category than 'other:general' |
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•Banning people from doing anything (except things that are harmful to yourself or others) is generally a bad idea. Banning people on a discriminatory basis is even worse. |
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•Many (most?) parents work because they *want* to (not because they need to). They enjoy the intellectual stimulation and variety (from home life) that work provides (and of course the increased income). |
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•One childcare worker taking care of 5 kids is much more efficient that one parent taking care of one or two children. Childcare is also better equipped for socialising and entertaining children. |
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•You have conflated two fairly separate issues (lack of quality time with kids vs lack of employment) to come up with an idea that happens to conform with a 1950s utopian view of the world. I believe there is less overlap between these problems than you do. |
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Fascist, evil, ineffective, interesting, bizarre, and
somewhat original. [+] |
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(on a sidenote, using that tag as such might give the impression that it's up to a mod to pick a category) |
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more culture: general, no ? |
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(-) Don't need no mo laws. |
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//using that tag as such might give the impression that it's up to a mod to pick a category// - no, it would make people think it's OK to be too lazy to choose a category |
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It is interesting, the polygamy question. I quite like
the idea of a service at the end of which the whole
row of individuals all take about 5 minutes to
interchange rings, vows and kiss one another while the
congregation waits politely. |
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However, I'd imagine that the real difference in a
polygamous marriage is that most times, it's one that
evolves - so far as it's less likely that Adam, Eve
and Evelina all meet at once and get married together,
than Evelina runs into them one night and things
develop from there. That's where perhaps a polygamous
marriage is different in that the parties involved,
evolve over time. Assuming tax benefits are carried
over, it might be interesting to see emerge large
corporate marriages where the entire workforce is
considered a family unit, redefining what the term
"housework" might entail altogether. |
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[Zeuxis] - and Christmas would be awful. |
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Many parents (myself included) have worked from
home just fine, running small businesses, or
consulting. With so many contractors & flex workers
increasing, how do you define "work"? This idea is
looking to go backwards, rather than forwards, IMO. |
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And, yes, kids are better when socialized (outside
the home). But, if every kid had a parent at home,
perhaps they'd all play in the streets like we did back
in the 1970's. |
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