Why Child Care Is So Expensive
If child care is so expensive, wouldn&#x27;t the income loss of one parent staying at home be irrelevant?  Plus, the parent could find some simple side gigs that fit into at home childcare, or even do paid childcare themselves.<p>I think the real problem is people don&#x27;t like taking care of kids, and would rather have a stranger do the job.  Understandable since kids are noisy, disobedient, stinky little things, but we were all that at some point (probably still are) and someone took care of us.<p>Then there are all the single parent families, but why are there so many single parent families?  Again, I think it is  because people aren&#x27;t willing to put up with each other&#x27;s imperfections.  Yes, sometimes there is real abuse going on that means staying together is actual a danger to life.  But, is that the majority of cases?  I am doubtful.<p>So, the real reason child care is so expensive is because we aren&#x27;t willing to suck up and stick out with the imperfections of other human beings without a paycheck.