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The hustle that is parenthood (files.catbox.moe)
submitted 2 months ago by to c/childfree@lemmy.world
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[–] 63 points 2 months ago (15 children)

Oh yeah... Parenthood.... Real easy. We're doing it for the work breaks.

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  • [–] 69 points 2 months ago (4 children)

    This tweet is not advocating for removing the breaks for parents, it's advocating for also giving the same breaks to everyone. Same as with smoke breaks.

    It's healthy to take small breaks every once in a while, and every worker should have access to them. You shouldn't need to have a kid or an addiction to enjoy your breaks.

    Hell, I myself take smoke breaks and I have never smoked.

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  • [+] -6 points 2 months ago (2 children)

    So parents should get extra time off to make up for the fact that their “breaks” are often spent caring for their children.

    In which case people will complain and say they should fake being parents to get the extra time off.

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  • [–] 6 points 2 months ago (1 child)

    No. How you choose to spend your free time is your thing. Some people decided not to have kids, maybe even for that exact reason. Some people decided to have kids, even though they knew kids would take away their time. It's just how everyone decides to spend their time, and there's nothing wrong with it.

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  • [–] -2 points 2 months ago

    Caring for other people is not a “decision”, it is care. That’s like saying looking after an elderly parent or disabled family member is simply the way people wish to spend their free time.

    Equity matters, not equality. Not everyone’s circumstances are the same, and if we have decided everyone deserves a break we need to realise those who spend their time caring for others are not getting the same opportunity for an actual break.

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  • [–] 14 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (8 children)

    its not even work "breaks". Work was always easier than dealing woth the kid. If youre getting called out of work, sometging is obviously not gone to plan, and dealing with that adds more stress. Id rather just be unbothered at work.

    This shaming shit is garbage. second or third time ive seen this childfree comm come up, this place is so lame. be childfree, do it. I was supposed to myself, but blaming parents and shit stirring is so fuckin stupid. This some reddit level garbage.

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  • [–] 11 points 2 months ago (6 children)

    ...BUT we clearly arent blaming parents .

    We are blaming the billionairss and politicians who have structured our modern work hours and modern economies. Wot are you on about? Did I miss something?

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  • [–] 2 points 2 months ago (3 children)

    Seriously nice response, anything to divide us, see they got people pissed at coworkers, next religion, sports team, neighborhood, school. Skull fuck the wealthy!!

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  • [–] 4 points 2 months ago (2 children)

    No War But Class War.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 months ago* (1 child)

    Was a great saying when it was only used in reference to fighting literal wars.

    These days it reeks of class reductionism and anti-intersectionality.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Class_reductionism

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intersectionality

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  • [–] 1 point 2 months ago (1 child)

    That is not the tone of like half the comments I'm seeing, just in this post. A lot of "snarky" backbiting towards people speaking up for parenting needs. "You chose to be a parent, so why should you get special accomodations for that?"-type of attitudes.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 months ago

    and the funny thing about snarky comments like that is that there are A LOOOOT of people on the planet who literally dont have any other option but to become a parent.

    Sterilizations, birth controls, protections from S Assaults, abortions are not universally available worldwide . ALSO there's a stupidly high number lf cultures that persecute and prosecute a childfree person soo....

    On another note, why cant we live in a world where such things ARE universally available to any adult who asks for them? And one where a person is not given the death penalty for simply choosing to remain childfree?

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