Originally Posted by Blackcat31:
Child care has changed to meet and fill the needs of current parenting trends/methods.
In the early 80ies/90ies both parents didn't HAVE to work.
Priorities within a family were much different than they are today.
The portrait of the typical "American family" seems to change with each generation.
I also remember it being frowned upon if you did more things without your children than with your children. Now, the norm in my age group (30's) seems to be to do very little things with your children leaving grandparents, providers, etc to do most of the child rearing for you.