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Yeah, good luck with that. My parents dumped me on their parents, then were conveniently absentee when I struggled with child care. It's just another reason I'm so vocal about certain things needing to be socialized, like housing, medical, water, utilities, food, decent basic clothing, etc, and funding it by returning to 1950's era tax policies.
Also, these days, a lot of grandparents can't afford to retire.
On top of that, it would be ridiculous to expect them to take over childcare duties rather than enjoy their retirement. If they wanted to, fine. If they wanted to go travel the world or whatever they can afford to do, they've earned it.
I'm sure some have. Mine were just incredibly cluster B, but could have definitely afforded it. Especially *one side. I'm not even angry at them anymore, because it's plain to see why. I went through it, because multigenerational trauma is real and access to therapy, especially quality, is all but non existent. I just kept muddling through to get this far along, mostly by dumb luck and persistence and stubbornly, doggedly doing the work, mostly on my own. Cutting out drinking, doping (reefer, even) and most socializing helped. Not that I'm surrounded by bad people, they aren't. They are good people, but also multigenerationally traumatized and in active alcoholism and other addiction, and not really interested in healing, just self-medicating. And a lot of the trauma is just being told what we went through is normal, therapies are evil, pray it all away, moral failure, etc.
Yeah, my parents have been living in Mexico off and on for years, and are about to move back. If I had kids, it would all be on me and my wife. Thankfully I don't want kids, but other people do and they're struggling. Grandparents can't & won't fix this problem.
Also, relying on relatives is a way of circumventing freedom of movement. It keeps everyone in the same place, at the same low paying jobs, with no hope of improving their or their children’s situation in life. Which is also perfectly in line with the Republican playbook.
Didn't even think of that, but you're right. Not that there's anything wrong with not wanting to leave your hometown, but when you literally can't due to finances, that's pretty fucked. Especially since moving to a larger or different city can open up so many opportunities.
As a personal example, I moved from a city with a lot of manufacturing to one with very little, and now I can't find a job in my chosen field. Some other stuff has come up and I have relatively easy access to government financial aid, so I've decided to go back to college. So many others just don't have that option so they'd be stuck in shitty or low-paying jobs.