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Another option: In our case we both WFH which allows us to live near my wife's parents. Which means we have the luxury of an involved, local grandparent as an option over infant/childcare. We literally put the $ we'd budgeted for childcare into a 529.

Certainly don't want to speak for everyone but at least for us it's an enormous cost savings and is a "win-win" for everyone involved.

Another (seemingly less often discussed) advantage to WFH.

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same here. not near her parents but close enough to both hers and mine that we can effectively have them rotate through consistently (got a spare room and king sized bed for the g-parents).

even just 2-3 days a week is huge from a mental health / down time / get things done around the house.

I think one dynamic going on here is there is more animosity between generations now than there used to be.

Many people get hyped up about their beliefs on social media, and when they go out into the real world they take some of that divisive thinking with them.

Apologies I'm really late replying to this...hope you see it.

I think this is an insightful comment with an element of truth and it's really, really sad. Yet another example of the net negative societal impact of social media.

Convenience/economic context aside, the grandparent/grandchild relationship/dynamic is incredibly important to a developing psyche.

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