Thank you for your honesty. I know I belong to the last generation that could afford the ‘luxury’ of bringing up my own children - and even then I was in a minority. How have we got here? Something has gone very wrong with modern society - that the mother or father of young children is forced to hand over the most important work there is - bringing up the next generation - to a stranger - while they go out to earn money to largely cover the costs of the babysitter, with a bit left over to cover the rent and basic necessities. Not because they want to afford luxuries. Nor because they view their career as a greater priority than bringing up their offspring. Even sadder is the number of women who have been taught to believe that a paid job is worthwhile, bringing up their own children not. We will have a heavy price to pay. Thank god for bitcoin.
This morning, I listened to this conversation and nostr:nprofile1qqsvr89wghw0u7ct237ecvtdx3r056zan4we9kstzrlssse6jsl8lespp3mhxue69uhkyunz9e5k7qg4waehxw309ajkgetw9ehx7um5wghxcctwvs4yxhsh says everything I’ve been thinking and feeling.
I haven’t shared much about our situation because I don't want to be a complainer and honestly, it feels embarrassing, but I know I'm not alone in this.
I never expected that at that this stage of my life, as a young parent, so much of my energy would be focused on surviving financially, instead of enjoying my son’s childhood.
My husband works around the clock at two jobs to keep us afloat. I earn what I can, but I’m not finding enough work (or should I say paid work, because as a mother, I have plenty of work).
We qualify for “free” daycare here in Finland, but in exchange we are taxed up to the eyeballs (whether we use it or not).
We don’t live extravagantly; we don’t go on trips, we stick to free activities, we moved out of the capital to a cheaper area, and virtually never eat out.
Recently, I saw a poster for the circus and thought how lovely it would be to take our three-year-old. Checked the tickets: 100 euros for us as a family of three.
Having a family in this economy opened my eyes and I finally understood why we need Bitcoin. If I didn’t have that, I think I might feel completely hopeless by now.
That’s the truth of why I want to bring Bitcoin to more people, and especially women. It’s never been easy to be a mother, but what if it didn’t have to be this hard?
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And when you look around at all the empty parks and communal play areas , because all under 3s are in daycare, and young mums working, you realize how terribly, terribly lonely it must be for the odd mother who is still trying to be the primary care giver. You need a community to bring up children. True then. True now.