Hiya, I haven't been very active here, so not sure which channel this topic would be most appropriate in, but since this says "general", I'll try my luck.
When did it cease to be sufficient for a family to be sustainable on a single income? Why ? Or was that never the case and the whole "man works" think is a myth?
Seems to me to be a fundamental flaw of our time that both parents in an average family are forced by circumstance to work. Maybe I am wrong, but in any case, sources and stats would be welcome.

@Canadalake Makes sense.

Sure thing, mate. 🙂

My point exactly. Why slave away for a faceless organisation 60 hours a week instead of raising a good human ife?

Hiya, I haven't been very active here, so not sure which channel this topic would be most appropriate in, but since this says "debates", I'll try my luck.
When did it cease to be sufficient for a family to be sustainable on a single income? Why ? Or was that never the case and the whole "man works" think is a myth?
Seems to me to be a fundamental flaw of our time that both parents in an average family are forced by circumstance to work. Maybe I am wrong, but in any case, sources and stats would be welcome.

@Tonight at 11 - DOOM Sources?

So far the only thing that makes sense to me is that feminism is to blame. As usual.

There are different types of work. There's taking care of your family at home, and there is slaving away for a faceless corporation for 60 hours a week.

I wish we stopped relying on the state to teach and bring up the children and the average family had the option for one parent to work and one to home teach and care about the kids and the household.

Good for you.

Great answer.

The industrial revolutions really were a deal with the devil.

Seems to me that if that is not our goal as a society, what's the point?