America’s Childcare Crisis - If You Don’t Know, Now You Know | The Daily Social Distancing Show
Why is America facing a childcare crisis during the pandemic? Here’s a look at the long-term economic impact of childcare costs, how the U.S. stacks up against other countries and the one time in history the government subsidized day care. #DailyShow #TrevorNoah #Coronavirus
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Society expects mothers to raise kids like they don't have jobs and to work a job like they don't have kids. I'm not complaining because I love my kids and I enjoy my job, but surely we can all recognize this dichotomy is not sustainable.
yeah exactly and if a father does this, takes care of his children and works he's treated like a hero because that's sooooooooo amazing of him to do both. such double standards.
@The Logic Party every employer I have ever had expects this. Even when I was a teacher of other people’s kids. Heaven forbid I miss a day of work when MY kid was sick. I have actually been penalized for missing work to take care of my kids.
@The Logic Party Ummm I’m a teacher. We get 10 sick days but only 2.5 days allotted for a sub so even if I have the additional 7.5 days allowed I am penalized when I need a sub or my team has to cover my classes. I literally had to teach on maternity leave, which I had accrued because maternity isn’t given but rather I saved up my leave time to be out for sustaining the population, I called in each day to instruct my students while the teacher with an adjoining class kept her door open to monitor my students. Majority of teachers are women. Licensed and degreed professionals that are the backbone of society and I can’t do what I have earned the right to do. My husband has a salary that allowed me the option to just quit but there were no other teachers lined up with the ability to teach chemistry.
Yep, that about neatly sums it up!
@The Logic Party I don’t know you, and based on your response I don’t care to, but how can you speak on my own life experiences and the experiences of many other teachers? What is wrong with your brain? Apparently “logic” in your name is a case of irony. We DO NOT have flexible time off and my insurance is dwarfed by those in the private sectors and corporate America. You clearly have NEVER worked in a public school in the US, the industry that had over 300,000 empty teaching positions BEFORE the pandemic due to the mistreatment of those in my profession. It is YOUR false narrative that fooled the insurrectionists. People not listening to those who are telling their own true experiences and people brushing it off and blaming it on others. I dare not argue any further with someone who is clearly a troll but you WILL NOT misconstrue my own life.
THe more I learn about America the more I wonder where the hell all of their taxes actually go.
Facebook, Apple, and Cheeseburger...for Government.
Military
The military and politician's pockets.
Mostly military and the all fucking intelligence agencies they have.. and paying bribes to foreign leaders..
Me too! The math isn't mathing 😉
The infuriating thing about this topic is that childcare is only considered when kids as seen as labor force and taxpayers. Not because as a society we should work to have happier citizens.
YES!!! Thank you!!
Sadly
True
"I hope this IPad can raise you!" As a mom working from home with two remote-learning kids, this hit me HARD!
The pain!! I have to give up so Much because I did not want to hook my kids to tech items.. work has suffered.
My company announced last month that they wanted people to start being more professional in their home environments...better workspaces, dressing for your day, no kids and pets in the background. It was immediately called out for being very tone-deaf, and they had to back-peddle and say that they'd make exceptions for kids because it's not a controllable situation. A lot of my co-workers have young kids at home, and we've all learned to deal with occasional interruptions, but it hasn't made anyone's productivity go down. The lack of understanding from the upper levels of management show how far removed they are from what other people are working thru.
Yea it's even gone past the point of them just not caring about your home situation. Now they care, but only enough to demand more of you.
Well yeah they have in home nanies.. doesn't everyone. Duh
Well...better workspaces hum, you can always place a green screen behind and play some video of an open window in the back with the Eifel Tower for landscape. I plan on doing this with some video backgrounds of the space station, just for fun.
Dressing at home. *rolls eyes* Yeah because everyone works with the webcam turned on 24/7, Just wear random bottoms and any t shirt and jus pop a blazer on when the annoying meeting is on
Even if their productivity was lower - it's a pandemic and a very difficult situation. It's so inappropriate to demand exactly the same output as before given the problems especially families are facing right now. It's baffling how we can all still be so fixated on productivity. So glad to hear that they were called out and peddled back. Good luck to you and your co-workers!
I'm a full-time single mother, working full-time with pay cuts, schooling my kindergartener, and attempting to keep my life in order. Not that anyone can afford childcare anyway.
Respect
I am also a single mother, after the pandemic I am in constant fear if my sitter decides to quit I will lose my job and my income.
@@user-vz4fn2ly4o I completely understand. Of course state assistance hasn't changed to assist us with the drastic effects the virus has had economically on our households.
@KenzoSuzuki Smith I didnt choose to be a single mother
@KenzoSuzuki Smith thank you for absolutely uneducated, moronic, assuming question. I chose to be a single mother because after I was 3 weeks pregnant with my boyfriend who I'd known for 3 years suddenly became abusive. I made the choice between making sure my son and I ending up dead and taking care of him on my own. Raising a child by yourself is exhausting but do not make the mistake of assuming that someone just got knocked up being stupid and ended up a single parent.
Next time someone asks me why I don't want to have kids, I'm showing them this!
People shouldn't be asking you that in the first place.
@@OrderedChickenWingsAnHourAgo Say it again for the people in the back!
Only America says, "To hell with working families, what we need government to do is protect our Billionaires"!
Maybe that's b/c the US Gov has an endless tide of immigrants. Nothing wrong with some immigration...just saying. Other countries don't do what the US does. I believe this is the reason they can get away with treating US citizens like crap and not like citizens of a nation. Endless supply of a workforce and low minimum wage essentially is "slave wages."
@@jaelynn7575 Yeah, it's definitely not the billions we spend on the military (like that $2 trillion, 18 year war in Afghanistan) or the tax breaks for the wealthy. It's the migrants who have taxes deducted from their paychecks but can't file their tax returns because they don't have social security numbers. Definitely not the government bailing out Wall Street repeatedly and private equity firms like Blackstone buying up real estate on the cheap after the subprime mortgage lending bubble popped in 2009, driving up housing costs to a point that the UN accused them of causing a global housing crisis with people experiencing stagnating wages and soaring housing costs. Definitely has *nothing* to do with the fact that we pay more than any country for healthcare per-capita but have some of the highest maternal mortality rates of any developed nation and insane medical debt. Or that we have 20% of the world's entire prison population, despite having only 5% of the world's population and all those people in prison aren't able to earn at least minimum wage to pay taxes and contribute to society. I mean, look at all those illegal immigrants contributing to super PACs and buying off congressmen to pass laws that favor them! It's definitely not the ultrawealthy lobbying congress for bigger tax breaks or policies that favor them maintaining their wealth! Billionaires just work millions of times harder than your average Joe! Definitely not the ultrawealthy or people like Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell who offshore wealth in the Cayman Islands. You can *definitely* pin all those problems conveniently upon the scapegoat of illegal immigrants. Makes perfect sense -__-
@@cobalt1754 We don't even spend that much on the military anymore relative to everything else. We spend way more on Health and Human Services now.
next time any politicians say we love our women, ask: Enough to pass a bill for childcare support?
They love women out of the workforce as housewives only.
Why are other Americans responsible for underwriting children who YOU *chose* to have?
@@BlondShellShock sick pay isn't even mandated, or breaks during the day.
@@zoradelaney9412 If you are seriously asking this question you fail the morality test required to live in civilized society. A better question is why are you more opposed to paying to help humans live than to help endless wars take endless innocent lives?
@The Logic Party I'm assuming that due to the focus of their comment being immoral whataboutism. Part of the social contract dictates that we help each other. Ayn Rand thought as you did. Until she was eligible for Social Security that is.
Spoiler alert: Nothing's gonna be done about this.
😂😂😂😂😂
Do you not think biden will do something about this
@@mika274 LMAO BIDEN? No at least if he has solutions they will be insubstantial market-based solutions that don't solve anything. Trademark moderate bullshit
Exactly
@@mika274 he might try, but let's be honest, look at how well that relief package is coming along, i don't think it'll happen, especially not anywhere close to being of very much help
I guess that’s why they say the happiest people in the world are ranked 1. Married men 2. Single women 3. Single men 4. Married women
I’m an essential worker with 3 children one of which has special needs and I’m exhausted. I had to change my shift to graveyard to accommodate my children virtual learning sessions. My hours have been cut due to the pandemic but I need childcare. I’m tired..... But my children are worth it.
“I hope this iPad can raise you” is the most accurate representation of modern day parenting in America
You have to put that on a shirt.
Idk why we pretend parenting was that great back in the day. Parents didn’t used to spend hella time where the iPad has replaced....they used to put us in the backyard or on the block or in our rooms for hours without spending time with us there. Nothing was particularly impressive about beating kids which used to be common practice. And years before that you didn’t need childcare because it was legal to make your kid work! Parents have always been suspect long before electronics.
@@TahtahmesDiary idk my mom and dad worked 60 hours a week just get by. My mother spend what time she had off with us but for long has I can remember this been issue. My mom told me her mom stayed home but my grandpa had work 2 or 3 full time job along with debt. Basically was nice store owner who loan them food and such but grandpa check every week after bills went to him and it took him years after having his house which was to small for their family but they made work anyways it took him years pay that couple back. So it wasn't able spend time with his five kids and my granny never got break cause she was pregnant put wed lock(was rape by step father) was disowned by her family and had no help. Grandpa family disown him for ruining his life marrying my grandmother. Before her through my moms mom family was high up in church of christ is all I know .
I was a TV baby.
Wow, so self-righteous! I defy you to point to whatever country you inhabit, and with a straight face, say no parent here has put their child in front of the TV, given them a I pad, or a cookie. So they can, finish the laundry, cooking, cleaning etc. When's the last time you dealt with 3 kids under 5, do you even have kids?
America: Why is our birth rate dropping? Women: We need money and free daycare. America: I wonder?
EXACTLY. And as a millennial I remember that my mom didn't really have to work; my dad could support us. Plus, my grandma and aunts didn't work. ALL of my son's grandparents work. All four. And all of his aunts and uncles work, too. There aren't extra family members to watch him like there was with us. My mom had five kids. I can really only afford one.
@@meadowrae1491 yeah, if people really wanted to MAGA, then men should be able to earn enough of a living wage to afford to have their wife stay home and raise the kids. ...oh yeah, AND a house payment, AND a new car payment. He didn’t need to have a college degree to make a living wage. And if he did go to college, he could afford it using money he earned at his part time job. Back then, if you were a working female, it was because you either didn’t have a husband, had a husband who failed at life, or even worse, were an unwed mother. Either way, it was definitely frowned upon, because why else would you need that money? You either lived with your parents, or your husband. It’s great that we live in a modern society where women are free to work any job without a depressing backstory. But when people talk about how great the good old days were, they seem to forget the reason they were able to live like that.
@@meadowrae1491 You don't need 5 if you do it right. Quality over quantity. Grow up people.
That was amazing Jessica. You summed up the American experience in 3 lines. Bravo.
Don’t forget the insane intern and contractor hiring system. No paid maternity leave. No paid medical leave at all. And if you want to return to work, sorry. No job protection there either. All those benefits are for employees only. Doesn’t matter how many years you’ve worked there.
I went to school and got a masters degree and landed my dream job. Then I had my baby and had to quit my job to stay home. I’ve been home for a year. It’s the best and worst year of my life.
Another reason why I’m not having kids. If I ever feel like having one, I’ll watch this video. God bless all the single mamas and dadas. Especially, my mother ❤️
No watch Born with a defect it's a good way to get your self fixed and not worry
@@daviddaugherty6564 lmao
I'm childfree so like Trevor said, this isn't an issue for me. Everyone in my office is married and with kids, though, and I know that women have unfairly shouldered this burden. If we are going to change things, now is definitely the time.
It could, potentially, when you're asked to change your schedule or responsibilities to accommodate their situations (I've seen that all my life, and am experiencing it somewhat atm).
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why would Anyone subject Kids/Anyone to Their future??!??!?!!! ...Seriously they had one job to convince the next to pick up the mantle...
@@LindaC616 That is fair and I forgot to mention that. I've heard that issue from quite a few chidfree and childless people. My section has a lot of specialized positions (including mine), so if a co-worker took off, I legally couldn't do most of their jobs. That isn't the case for many, though. :-(
@@seankuhn6633 I'm not sure I understand your statement.
America: Family first! Kids are the future! We need more kids! Also America: Ha! You got a kid. Sucker!
🤣🤣🤣
Yeah i never got that 😣 "family values" and then you have to pay 10 000 dollars just to have a safe delivery and go back to work 2 weeks after while you still bleed and hurt and leave your newborn with a stranger and like never see them.. or stay at home and depend on someone elses pay and no be able to leave or control your own life.. it sucks
And don’t forget the pro-lifers : they’ll do anything to prevent a woman to terminate an unwanted pregnancy, but once baby is here, it’s « tough luck, you’re on your own! »
@@myriamickx7969 Yep, soon as the doctor slaps the baby on it's behind, it's "pull yourself up by your bootstraps" baby!
I like how governments let having children be an economic burden then whine when people stop having kids or limit the children they have because it'll be bad for the future economy.
My parents bought my childhood home for $21k in the mid '70s! Something is very wrong with the housing market in the US.
Bernie has been talking about this for years. But let’s keep giving money to billionaires
Sad but true!
Bernie comes from a long tradition of people who think this way. There are a lot of us.
Bernie would be great president. I think he get stuff done he not about pleasing the rich but helping people.
That is socialism says the idiots
@@skylersteps9582 I don't think he'd have the power to do much. Even taking him at face value and assuming he means everything he says... even if he were president he couldn't just say free college for all. He'd have to get a lot of other people to agree with him and there just aren't enough people in the government who do and certainly not enough to risk angering their voting base to help. Look at how Biden wants to give people 2000 dollars and even though for right now we have 2 of the 3 branches of government the Reps are obstructing, And they will get much worse if they gain the senate or house in 2 years. Still I think progress can be made. Maybe I won't live to see people LIKE Bernie make a lot of change (He certainly won't because of his age) but we may get there eventually IF we never allow the fascists to take over, Never forget Jan 6. This time it was a couple of thousand crack pots but White Supremacists ARE gaining ground. That Qanon got a woman into Congress is a disgrace. When David Duke ran for President it was a joke but T**** 's declared win shows how far these people can get. If T**** hadn't been a moron we might be seeing the Klan running this country.
I’ve been planning to be childfree since I was a small child. I’ve never been happier with that decision as I have been since this pandemic started.
Hope the people that see this have a great day or night, depending on where you are in the world and please stay safe out there. Btw Small KZheadr looking for ur support
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I planned on being childfree to but plans don't always go according to plan. If you're a guy my suggestion would be don't be a fool wrap your tool if you're a woman my suggestion is find a girlfriend they tend to not get you pregnant.
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@Gwendolyn Williams 👏👏
God bless trevor’s mother! She raised a fine man that appreciates and acknowledges women 🙇🏾♀️
This just gives me even more reasons to be childless. C'est la vie.
Viva el fatalismo!
Facts.
Hello fellow childfree person!
Single dad here who can relate. I'm lucky if can get an hour a work done each day
I hope you the best of luck
Good for you! I think it's helpful to frame this as a parenting issue as there are also single fathers out there too. Also, if it's not framed as a women's issue then maybe something will actually be done about it.
Same here, 3 boys at home while working full time remotely... chaos at its finest.
Omg I feel for you guys. Me to I mean I am a woman but still yes "chaos at it's finest" as Josh put it.
maybe a wise idea to invest in active noice cancelling headphone, best quality for reseanable price Sony wh-1000xm3 or Bose 700 For cheaper options of Sennheiser HD 4.5 BTNC or just search in aliexpress for "active noise cancelling headphones over ear " The cheaper ones do not literally cancel all type of noice but wil give enough to not hear everything loud mostly low frequency (engines, pc sounds, tv etc.). The sony and bose have basically 3 levels maximum cancelling, ambient noice (talking and loude noices/announcements) and off. The sony has actually more options like only speach sound is audible one and all other noice filtered out. Regardless of which you get it will never cancel out everything, but it can overal help with concentration by reducing all the different sounds sources for your ears.
Big respect to all the single parents out there.
Thank you king
Man listen. I’m married and my husband could do more BUT I could not imagine the struggle of doing this all alone. Single parents are the real MVPs!
And bigger respect for the couples!
What a nice thing to say! Clearly YOUR mama raised you right...
Thank you for highlighting this issue. I pay nearly $800 a month for childcare. When Americans don't travel they never find out how better off other countries are.
I feel validated now. I’ve been working from home since my son was an infant and a single parent since my son was 7. He’s now 19. It was ridiculously hard to keep it going while homeschooling my son with virtually no childcare. I am an Art Therapist and also ran my own art gallery for awhile when he was little. I dragged him along to meetings with his Legos, and spent years working late at night getting little sleep. I also lost a ton of money stepping away from consulting and public speaking after he was born. It’s hard to step out of your career when you have young children and then step back in. It’s tough to ever make up that lost ground.
I've worked in male-dominated jobs my entire life. It is a FACT that the reason women earn less and get promoted less often than men is because, when a kid gets sick or there is a meeting with a teacher, etc., it is typically the mother who has to leave work to deal with it. When a woman goes out on maternity leave, it is her coworkers who have to pick up the slack. This is an unspoken prejudice that has existed from the dawn of employment and probably always will.
In Finland sick days are paid off time. If your kid is sick you can stay home with them and the same applies.
So very true! When I was growing up my mom would hide form her work that she had children because she was fired because of her kids in the past. She taught us to be very professional on the phone "hello, may I speak with miss x" even when they would call her at home we would answer it like an adult.
A FACT? So....when women who DON'T have children get paid less then a male in the same position that's....? A hallucination?
@@leas.5596 ^This
I've experienced this as a teacher, which is a female dominated profession. Male co-workers with more flexibility and availability were given special tasks and privileges that should have gone to me first as the department head. There is no winning at this in any profession. Fun fact: In ancient Persia mothers were given extra rations for each child they had in addition to equal pay for the jobs they worked. Not all civilizations have failed women, just the majority of them.
For me it is just crazy that there is no parental leave or maternity leave. In Germany it is in the law 6 weeks prior birth and 8 weeks after. Then I can go 3 years on parental leave and the first year is paid by the government.
this mom with her son playing french horn, clearly looks like she's going to have a nervous breakdown 💔😥
Exactly. even this segment skimmed over these womens mental health and went straight to government finance
Finland decided to invest in childcare and healthcare when it was still a poor country. A century later, it's a rich country. The US decided when it was a developed country to become the richest at the cost of turning back into a developing one. Current US is a Third World country. A rich one for sure, but not a developed one. And I say "rich", but it is a country that calls "decent healthcare" too expensive... Something Finland could afford when it was still poor...
True
Not third world. But definitely misplaced priorities.
When I lived in Mississippi and my children were about 10 years younger than they are now, I would have to decide if I could take a job based on if I could even pay for childcare. There were some months where I was upside down with childcare eating into my savings because $7.25/hour didn't cover $600 worth of childcare and rent and power and food and gas in the car. I couldn't imagine trying to raise 2 small children during a pandemic. Going through 2008 was hard enough being pregnant and having a toddler.
our minimum wage is such a fucking joke yet ppl are gonna act like the problem is with YOU simply not working hard enough aghhh i hate it here!!!!
I am a stay at home mom of two bc it’s cheaper than me going to work. My entire paycheck would go to childcare.
We did the same. The parent with the highest earning potential worked while the other stayed home to care for the family.
B wxm vb
America prioritizes profit, which is why funding and pay that makes the most sense is difficult to impossible to achieve. Anything that gets in the way of maximizing profits, is touted as socialism.
its so ridiculous, the more money these people in charge have, the less they're willing to part with it or make less
And I will add: prioritise selfish individual profit.
It's more than profit. It's also - where the expenses go, and they go to the top 0.1% instead of the employees.
My older sister and I aren't having children. It's sad knowing my mom wants "grandchildren" but I always hear her say 'better get your kid at a certain time cause I'm not raising another child' makes me legit not wanna have kids on top of children already being expensive asf
I planned to work after having my baby, but then we learned we were having twins and affording daycare was impossible for 2 babies. I had to quit my job and we moved in with my parents until my husband found a good paying job. This issue is very personal and frustrating for me.
I was most of all shocked when I heard that it actually cost a lot of money to go to the hospital when giving birth to a baby, not to mention the cost to go by ambulance.. Especially knowing that the US spends a lot more on healthcare per capita than most western european countries with universal healthcare.. But then again, so many Americans believe more guns will keep them safe... So yeah.. -Free education would probably be better as a start.
You have to pay extra even to hold your baby after giving birth, because time is money.
@@jbird4478 That is just crazy and inhumane! I'm glad we care more about people than money in my country.
I had a cheep birth for about $4000. Most natural births start at 10k. But 30k is pretty normal for a c-section. And depending on any potential problems, the cost can go up wildly.
@@NotSoNormal1987 Mine was about 10k in 2001.
As someone who works for a non profit focused on suppprting childcare. The system was struggling pre covid. But hundrends of daycares in the area shut down. Cant return to work if noone can watch your kid
"Overall, the cost of childcare has roughly tripled since 1990, which is more than the overall rate of inflation." "...which is more than the overall rate of inflation" is _never_ a good headline. It's just another indication that the war to stamp out the Middle Class is going well.
Good job, Noah--highlighting a social issue rampant in our country. As a single mom I remember the fear & torture of trying to balance all the costs related to being the "head of household". I often lost sight of why my efforts mattered & fought off the depths of despair that often came with it. My heart goes out to those struggling with the insecurity & costs of parenting. Women are a hugely ignored & neglected national resource! And so are their kids!!
Greetings from Scandinavia, where single parents who have lost their jobs are taken care of.. Well, we are all taken care of from we are born till we die, if we can't take care of ourselves..
US. Call it..Communist, so..they will never adopt that..although Government From Some Apparent Party do that to their own loyal members.
@@wikansaktianto9215 I know.. Either communist or socialist.. I guess that's what happens when education is too expensive for people, so they don't know what is what..
I often find myself daydreaming about moving my family to somewhere in Scandinavia..sigh.
@@breezyncj It is very nice here, I must admit..But I would never go shouting out that my Country is the best in the world.. It would seem too nationalistic, which is frowned upon here. It gets dark and wet in the winter though, just to give a heads up if you should come ;)
@@benjaminmarker "But I would never go shouting out that my Country is the best in the world.. It would seem too nationalistic, which is frowned upon here." That very difference is why America has problems. So when anyone points out people are doing better elsewhere it is written off because 'America is the best in the world' is the running theme. America needs to get to the point where everyone can agree to treat the country like they treat family. It's okay to rib your family members for their flaws and have arguments with them, that doesn't mean you don't love them.
My brother has special needs, because of the pandemic, my mom has to act as a special needs instructor, and she has to go to work at night as a nurse to support me and my family.
omfg ur mom sounds like an amazing woman. of course i wish she didn't have to do all that in the first place...
@@meghansullivan6812 me too, but at least she’s got my dad and me for help
@@amymationproductions8605 I understand you. I have a child with special needs as well . Working from home. Sometimes I have nurses to help me out. But when I don't have I have to handle for myself and work at the same time. Thank you so much for your job saving lives.
His horn skills are quite impressive tho. I've heared muuuch worse. Tone splitting, cracking, everything
As someone who actually chose to quit working so I can raise my kid, I just want to send love to all of you that didn't have the choice. Even with a job, we couldn't afford childcare. I knew that before I even gave birth to my son. While I chose this and never really wanted a "career", I have seen so many broken women who desperately and strongly do both and they kill it. This pandemic is just making it more prominent to the world, but it's been going on for hundreds of years. It actually makes me very mad that so many other countries have figured out how to support working families and we still live paycheck to paycheck in a country that is supposed to be "advanced".
I've never been so happy to be childless. God bless these women. Y'all deserve so much more than this.
All the band kids are gunna start crying over Trevor calling a saxophone a brass.
And rightfully so
Only a little...
You know the sax cheats on the woodwinds for brass. 😢
Or "indoor car horns"...
Hearing Trevor call saxophones a brass instrument physically hurt qwq
Imagine being a SINGLE mom during this pandemic
Yes, especially with no family or anyone else to help. Exactly why I'm not ready for children yet.
It absolutely sucks. And has been hard all around. I love and am thankful and grateful for my children. They did not ask to be here. So I have to take care of them and their needs regardless. That's my job in life. My title. Who I am. But no smh it has not been easy during this pandemic specifically for single parents or children at all.
This is my chance! Hey, single moms, I’m a single man who loves kids and cleaning. Yes, cleaning.
My best friend is a single mom with a ten year old who is severely autistic, she doesn’t like things on her face, so no mask... she can’t even go grocery shopping!
@@Cpre1111 probably why I won’t have any.
Its like this whole damn country wants to be stuck in the past instead of improving and evolving with the times. We need green energy we need job training for the new job market and changing tech and economy!🤦🏿♀️
High schools have to graduate people who can read a ruler and write a proper sentence.
I'm particularly unexcited about the concept of motherhood for this very reason.
Same here
so many women are closing the baby factory for this same motive. Absent families, deadbeat dads, unreasonable demands from jobs, brutal environments for children. My uterus will stay as it is. It is simply not economically and humanly feasible.
We chose to be a one and done family and even that is proving to be extremely difficult. Raising kids is freaking hard.
Same..
If the US government had more social safety nets for mothers, would that impact your decision more?
Female engineers everywhere: No, Daily Show, you can patent that refrigerator toilet idea that's all you.
Haha. Your comment is funnier than the 'origin joke.'
@Brad Hedge Do they though?
@Brad Hedge I wish.
If i was a male Karen which I'm aint, lol i would feel like that specific comment he made was "taking shots" at a females thought process and intelligence as what they can come up with as far as inventing. Basically saying "even if ya didn't have to raise your own kids, your food is still shit even without any disruption
Now...if it was a refrigerator-couch combo...
I love how Trevor cares even though he doesn't have kids. Yes I'm jealous of the Scandinavians' welfare in general.
IF the US did what Scandinavia has done, I prob would have had kids. I didn't want to end up a single parent, so I decided as a teen I didn't want them. I had exchange students from Denmark and Netherlands, so I knew their cultures from a young age.
@@jaelynn7575 as someone who has a kid, I'd say it's completely a fine idea not to have kids!
My sister lives part time in Finland, she taught preschool to Finnish preschoolers.
@@jaelynn7575 You would also pay 50% of your income in tax. The idea that Scandinavia "just does this for their citizents" is absurd.. As a swedish person, you pay for that over and over again in taxes.
As a new mom in the workforce it is crazy
As a kid, this hasn’t been an issue for me but I understand the burden of it from my mom’s co-workers
My mom doesn’t work, but she doesn’t spend time with us either.. unless she wants my brother and I to do something for her. Otherwise, she stays in her room all day and just texts me to do stuff.
@@freyjaasschoolstuff993 as a mom to a toddler who gets all of my time and attention, this makes me very sad for you. I’m so sorry. 😔
My youngest is a h.s. jr. I don't specifically spend time with her during the day when I am teaching online and she is going on meets. It depends on the age of the kid and their capabilities. If I had to spend as much time watching over her now as I did when she was a toddler- I would have failed as a parent.
@@triciaa7259 This is a solid point. I remember when I first started at public school I was shocked at the amount of assistance my peers needed at age 8 or 9. I could pretty much take care of my own needs at that point.
@@freyjaasschoolstuff993 Like all the time in her room? Seems like your mom need help
"NOOOO thats communism" Your country is lost
It really is.
@Alina Waterstraat Communism is derived from the word community BOO!
@Alina Waterstraat true
Whoever made the "flaming hot visine" graphic deserves a raise
Daycare is $1700 a month for 2 kids and this is on the cheap side here in SC. Its ridiculous
"It's just that other countries expect the government to make their lives easier." Pretty much.
You would think expecting the government to do the job it was made for would be obvious.
in most other countries the government works for the people and not the other way around.
From Germany here (btw by far not a perfect system child care system) Another benefit of affordable childcare like kindergartens (age 3-7) is that children get prepared to join school afterwards. They then share ideally a minimum level of skills (language, social abilities, tying shoes, use of scissors and pens) It helps to equalize the chances for children from different economic and social backgrounds and avoids ostracising them before they even had a chance to develop an interest in education.
THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU so much for shedding light on this subject. I am a former daycare worker. I loved my job, but when the pandemic hit it was just not worth it financially and from a health standpoint to stay in that position. I was making just a few cents above minimum wage, and receiving a major discount on my own two children attending (which was a big reason for why I was working there in the first place). The government absolutely should be stepping up not only for the parents benefit, but for the children, and the teachers. Children are sponges at that age and if the government would step up parents would be able to give them a better quality of life at home, daycares would be more able to keep dedicated experienced teachers who could provide better quality care and education to children.If other countries are doing it we can do it too.
Trevor, Not only moms are having a hard time. Some fathers are too. Im a father of two girls in grade school. I stay at home with them until 2:30 when I go to work.
Saxophones aren't brass instruments. They're woodwinds.
who was playing saxophone?
@@Zumindestens 1:25 He referred to brass instruments but included a image of a saxophone
Amen
1:24 saxophones arent a brass instrument there a wood wind
Came to the comments to make sure somebody pointed this out.
Thank you!
But can I say "they're" or is that too much? 😅 I'm just glad that somebody pointed this out! So thank you 😚 We band geeks must correct the normies or they'll never learn 🙄😂
@@mercat3297 😆
Yes. America is terrible at the childcare situation.
You could have just put the period after terrible and saved yourself the hassle of typing four more words.
"they're like puppies, that walk on two legs" - this statement i can attest is absolute fact.
Looks like america plays checkers while everyone else is playing chess.
......what does this mean? i dont know how to play either so this metaphor went straight over my head!
@@meghansullivan6812 checkers you think one maybe 2 moves ahead. Chess you think 3-5+ moves ahead. In other words, the USA only thinks for now. Very short sighted thinking.
@@reachingbeyondskies6908 ooooooo i see! you're right haha. thank you!
I don't think our politicians even know how to play chess, TBH.
My mom got so lucky that we are almost all teens and adults now. I feel so bad for my sister.
Finland has the highest academic test scores and their teachers are well paid.
Every state in the US creates it's own curriculum...let that sink in
@@ereristark425 true but we all follow the same standards in every subject and the publishers write the curriculum to match the standards. I've been an elementary school teacher for 25 years.
@@alicemungia1642 When those schools produce MAGA supporters. I can't help but have a feeling that those standards are -rather low- in need of a review.
Omg and those of us that work in healthcare in night shift and have little ones in virtual school during the day 😩😩😩 im so burnt out 🙄
And the US lags behind in other related metrics: Many of the Scandinavian countries compared here possibly have a 35 hour workweek or less, along with free health care or a single-player type health insurance. The standard workweek in the US is 40 hours: I'll bet that many Americans work far more than that.
People work overtime and pay for healthcare
@@Frankieefootballmundial People work overtime and still can't afford healthcare
@@breannap8585 yea I guess so we are paying for our will basically
Such an important dialogue to have. There are certain issues in the US that overwhelming affect women: sexual assault and childcare. If we want a more equal society we cannot allow the oppression of one group of people. We are all Americans.
So true. Some idiot guy just grabbed my breasts while standing in a doorway in broad daylight. I "waxed-off" his arm and yelled "WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING?!"
This is disgraceful. I've raised my children and was enjoying having my days to myself again. Enter my beloved grandson. My daughter works a full-time job to support herself and my grandson, but was falling behind in all her financial obligations, due to child care costs. I finally told her, stop the madness, withdraw him from daycare, so I now take care of him 5 days a week. I gladly do this, but not everyone has family or friends to pickup the slack. This is social issue, that needs to be addressed.
I worked in school-age child care for six years, and it was a job I truly loved. I didn't want to leave it, even after completing my Masters degree (in mental health counseling, where I focused mostly on adolescents), but at the end of 6 years and with two relevant degrees I wasn't even making $8/hour because I was part-time during the school year. My partially United Way funded employer didn't see any value in my skills or education so I left in September of 2010. I sat in my car out front and just cried for like a half hour or more the last time I walked out that door. Those kids, even the ones I don't always recognize 10 years later when they still recognize me, they made every day at work a good one. My point is, part of America's child care problem isn't just the lack of free and low cost programs from the government, it's also a lack of investment in quality workers. Especially in facilities that are designated acceptable for Foster kids to attend (ours was) because often that does require a certain skill set that your average college freshman (the typical worker) won't have. Then there's the autism explosion in this country: (and the numbers do seem higher in this country) those kids go to day care too, and it takes some training, or at least some ability to THINK in a less black and white way, to work with them too, but my former organization didn't seem to understand that back then, or not enough to pay anyone with education hours or degrees more. This country very much needs to invest in childcare, including its childcare workers, (who are more than glorified baby sitters).
... don't come for horns Trevor. I play saxophone and it's the best thing I've ever done. 😁
Trevor you are dead on. I love the comedy spin...it lifts my spirit!🤣🤧🤣🤭😁
Thanks Trevor for raising this really big issue for working mom's that is not being acknowledged enough!
In Australia and NZ childcare it is heavily subsidised combined with tax credits. Although 3 years parental leave sounds amazing. America needs to catch up or get left behind.
Uh... am I the only guy who stayed home instead of making my smarter, more talented, wife stay home from her job? I mean, I can't be the only guy in the country who's wife is smarter than him. In fact, I suspect its a fairly common thing.
Most men cannot handle that concept and will attempt to force a partner that's smarter or more successful to step back until they're under the male. Usually by attacking her self esteem. I have a 150 IQ. I've given up on ever finding a partner that will accept me for who I am, and I'm not getting any younger (37). Time to stop letting morons drag me down. This "10" has quit dating. So have many other women like me. A lot of men in my generation are going to die alone, no matter how many women they "grab by the pussy."
My husband stayed home to raise our child. I have the higher earning potential, and he's done an amazing job with our son. I am convinced my husband is the main reason our son has turned out so well. He maintains the house, cooks, cleans, etc. I do laundry and meal planning and we do the grocery shopping together. Gender norms are BS.
And am I the only guy that thinks it works both ways... the person making More money or has a potential of making more money works and the other supports.
@@gokushebuu6579 The problem with this mentality is the worker thinks they don't have to do anything for themselves when they get home, creating a slave labor situation for the partner that stays home. The worker gets time off, the other partner does not, because the worker assumes the SAH partner gets break time while they're at work... when this is often busy time for the SAH partner BECAUSE they're at work.
@@iluminet there are so many more factors than gender, when it comes to SAH partners. For example, situation, education, future earnings, current earnings (if in debt), choice of being a SAH partner and many more. Being said all that should you be treated like a slave for staying at home, NO ! But it doesn’t mean a man who works as a fireman jumping into fires all day comes home to a person who tells him or her that staying at home is the same thing or if you’re a nurse working a 12 hours shift during a pandemic coming home to a person who suggests that their job is the same or harder, it isn’t. Common sense should be applied in every situation and communication is important.
I just want to point out that kids are not only a women thing (in theory), childcare should not be presented as something that helps women but helps FAMILIES, so basically the entire population.
Yeah duh...? All this is saying is this issue is affecing MOSTLY women. Just like police brutality is affecting MOSTLY African Americans. Are you seriously trying to discredit an entire issue because men* weren't mentioned as much? And here I thought the me me me movement was only about not being included in positive things... but then again, I've seen videos reporting about a case where a woman was murdered and saw a comments saying "men get murdered to!"
I’m college educated, but I stay home with my kids because it makes more economical sense. I also love it, but it does feel forced. I love my husband but it’s not lost on me that if we were to divorce that I’d be in trouble. Or god forbid if he died.
Life insurance...
Both my parents had Master's degrees and worked full-time in their fields before retiring. My mum managed to ensure her own retirement income was pretty good, but even then, when my late father died (and his pension stopped coming in), my mum had to take a careful look at her finances, to ensure that she was able to live without my dad's much higher pension. I think this made my sister and I particularly cognisant of the fact that we may well be in a position where we outlive our higher earning husbands.
As a 20 year veteran in the childcare industry, I’m glad this topic is being recognized and hopefully addressed. Childcare is out there but subsides want to pay us less then $5 an hour. Childcare vouchers pay so little it’s hard to afford quality staff, and good resources to care for the children so the providers cut there own pay. Raising the childcare market rate on subsides to a realistic and life able wage can help so much. $40 for caring for a child for 8-12 hours a day is not enough to cover the many expenses we have. Payroll, food, rent, utilities, etc.. I’m hoping we will see some real change soon. 💕
While they shoulder the burden we need to make sure we show them we appreciate how amazing and strong they are!!!!! Men we couldn't do it unless we had to they do it out of love and commitment. To all the women we love need and support you!!! 💯💪🏽❤
Thank you. An easy way to show appreciation is for the husband to pay all the bills so that the wife can stay home and raise your kids; OR the husband can do the parenting while the wife is working.
Hey but her kid sounds like he can actually play the horn. As frustrating as that is. Its not a 3rd grader with a recorder.
The recorder is killing me. I’m going to bring the laptop outside for the next music class. My husband has to eat his Asiago outside already. No stinky cheese or recorders up in here.
My neighbor’s elementary school kid was having trouble with intonation on the violin. She was either sharp or flat all the time. That was very painful. I bought noise cancelling headphones.
It was a tuba playing, Trevor called it a trumbone. lol
@@jc.1191 I certainly didn’t notice. Give us ignorants with tin ears a break!
That is so true, my paychecks goes to my son's daycare. I barely have enough for bills and food.
Thank you for inserting closed captions 😊
I'm 14 and last year I started working with my mom in her newly opened pharmacy because I did not want her pay someone thousands of dollars for something I would do for much less. Now I'm saving up money so I won't drown in student debt when I'm going to school and I have "plan b money"
Good for you! I'm glad your mom is happy to have you! Good luck! I promise it'll be worth it!
At one point my home was a middle school, high school and college!!
Me too sadly I work with my dad and I’m a college graduate.
You forgot to mention how important pre-K is to level the playing field, reduce violent crime later on, increase employability etc etc..
Is great that with this new administration there’s more time to talk about these topics. Keep them coming Trevor
Yes for all the moms SEND HELP IMMEDIATLY
I really wanna move to Sweden. ANYONE WITH ME?? 😂
I work with the child care industry and the irony is that child care providers are not getting rich on this either. Most Early Childhood Education (ECE) professionals in the United States make minimum wage, with no leave time and no insurance or retirement. Many are extremely well educated and most are very dedicated professionals who serve young children and their families because it's their calling, knowing they'll never make a decent income in this field. And now these ECE professionals are on the front lines of the COVID-19 virus. This whole system needs to change! For the sake of our children, the US economy and our future.
"Oh man, I wasted all day watching Netflix again! I didn't even GET to Hulu!" Ok, you right.
Had to lol...cuz I can relate!
Us parents are playing learning coach roles now as well to our children. Which in itself requires so much patience and time. Help! 😂
Well said. Thanks for bringing this up. I remember starting to work for a global account in the late 90s and finding out all about how the different govts took care of their people. Back then people in the US complained about taxes going up if we adopted such 'socialists programs' but I took all my taxes and insurance premiums plus child care and guess what, I was paying 63%. They only pay 51% in most of Europe. After my kids were out of daycare I still was paying 49%. I remember feeling betrayed by this country. I bought into the high school version of the whole US is the greatest country in the world thing. Not anymore, it's not even close. Now that I am looking towards retirement, chances are I won't be able to live well in the US so I am looking and making plans to join the throngs of retirees out of the US to expat. Tchau!!!
This nonsense is at least 50% of the reason why I left the workforce and became self employed. I never want any employer thinking less of me because I will choose to have children eventually, and I will ALWAYS prioritize them over my job. Thank god we live in a time where this is possible for more women.
2:41 I sense some shade being thrown at Pringles
When that lady said "future taxpayers" and pretty much says the world is run like a pyramid scheme. 🤣
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eeh, sortof. Depends on wether you see future tax payers as someone to exploit, or someone to invest in. I took a quick look at some numbers that I could quickly find, and I estimate that on average by the time a child hits 18, the Norwegian government has invested 2mNOK (~230kUSD) in that child. That number isn't taken out of thin air, but I'd wager it has a 20-30% margin of error. And our government will continue to invest in that person for their lifetime, but by around the ages of 25-30 (depending on education), that investment tends to bring a return. To make sure that the investment is returned with a profit (on average), healthcare and other services are made easily and affordably available so productive time isn't uneccesarily reduced. Workplace security, food security and other potential dangers to people productivity is important for the same reason. The same goes for getting and keeping the female ~50 of our population into the workforce. :) PS: If someone more qualified can provide more accurate numbers, please do. :)
oh my god true
This is why when I have enough money am moving to Sweden because socialism is pretty cool
Sweden is not Socialist. They have Social Democracy a form of Social Market Capitalism.
Now ask how much daycare workers get paid! In the start of the pandemic I found out I was pregnant and I get sick easily so I stopped working to keep myself and my family safe. I decided after I had my baby it wasn't worth going back because my ENTIRE CHECK would have been so my child can attend the same place I worked😪 I miss the kids but it definitely isn't worth it right now but if childcare was free I'd go back in a heartbeat ❤️
I'm one of the Smaller Group where it's at the DaD that Stays at Home during the Week, Does EVERYTHING like the mothers and works the weekend when Mom is Off