On: Children of married parents do better, but America is moving the other way

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Leaning on friends to raise kids doesn’t really work. They’ll help out in an emergency, but they won’t babysit two days a week for free.

The real work is done by blood relatives, aunts, uncles and grandparents or paid help.

Mutual babysitting clubs are a form of paid help. I babysit for you and you babysit for me