> in a manner similar to the way that shopping malls charge rents to tenant stores
The web hosting companies that provide the web services to these merchants are like the rent that malls charge. This is more like a surcharge. The store gets charged for every individual customer that walks through the doors of the mall just because that customer will 'see' the store. And an extra surcharge if the customer buys anything.
That all depends. Having kids and not being able to afford them regardless of total combined household income is a bad idea, period.
An another note, more and more fathers are becoming "stay at home dads." There are studies that are finding that the at-home fathers can be as nurturing and beneficial to the child as the mother (and often more so). And the dads are loving it.
Regardless of who makes more money, it's up to the individual couples to decide. There is no room for stereotype or sexism in this matter. It's all personal choice.
Absolutely. Children were once needed to help tend to farms, help rear the other children and aid with other family related duties. With most people having much lower maintenance needs in their everyday lives, the need for help in these areas has diminished (especially thinking about urban areas where most people live in apartment buildings with not even a yard to tend to).
We've also shifted away from community. People keep more to themselves today and with that we've become more self-oriented than ever before. Now that kids are a larger financial liability than a help, it is no surprise in our society (heavy into self gratification and material goods), that having children either early or often isn't as desirable as it may once have been.
Children are a larger financial sacrifice than many young people wish to take on. Not while they are still at a point where they can have their 'toys' and comforts. Having children commits you to 18 years of looking out for someone else at the expense of your own wants. That added to the frustrations of long work days, long commutes and very little personal time leaves very little room for children in the working couple's lifestyle.
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> in a manner similar to the way that shopping malls charge rents to tenant stores The web hosting companies that provide the web services to these merchants are like the rent that malls charge. This is more like a surcharge. The store gets charged for every individual customer that walks through the doors of the mall just because that customer will 'see' the store. And an extra surcharge if the customer buys anything.
That all depends. Having kids and not being able to afford them regardless of total combined household income is a bad idea, period.
An another note, more and more fathers are becoming "stay at home dads." There are studies that are finding that the at-home fathers can be as nurturing and beneficial to the child as the mother (and often more so). And the dads are loving it.
Regardless of who makes more money, it's up to the individual couples to decide. There is no room for stereotype or sexism in this matter. It's all personal choice.
Absolutely. Children were once needed to help tend to farms, help rear the other children and aid with other family related duties. With most people having much lower maintenance needs in their everyday lives, the need for help in these areas has diminished (especially thinking about urban areas where most people live in apartment buildings with not even a yard to tend to).
We've also shifted away from community. People keep more to themselves today and with that we've become more self-oriented than ever before. Now that kids are a larger financial liability than a help, it is no surprise in our society (heavy into self gratification and material goods), that having children either early or often isn't as desirable as it may once have been.
Children are a larger financial sacrifice than many young people wish to take on. Not while they are still at a point where they can have their 'toys' and comforts. Having children commits you to 18 years of looking out for someone else at the expense of your own wants. That added to the frustrations of long work days, long commutes and very little personal time leaves very little room for children in the working couple's lifestyle.