There is no or little liability when a grandparent or older sibling/cousin is taking care a toddler. And there didn’t used to be so many desk jobs available for everyone to compete with taking care of infants/kids. Also, once the kids exist, which used to be a foregone conclusion, it wasn’t an option to do other work.
Now people are making a conscious decision, tabulating the cost/benefit of having the kid versus working a desk job.
I also think there are more viruses floating around due to more travel, but that is my armchair opinion.
> So why are these types of services exploding in real terms, but haircuts and food and personal trainers and massages and mechanics and other types of services are not?
I don’t know what constitutes exploding, but the price of un-scalable labor services have increased a lot. Some might be more than others, but US wage data indicates that the lowest quintiles have experienced higher wage increases than the others in recent years.
There is no or little liability when a grandparent or older sibling/cousin is taking care a toddler. And there didn’t used to be so many desk jobs available for everyone to compete with taking care of infants/kids. Also, once the kids exist, which used to be a foregone conclusion, it wasn’t an option to do other work.
Now people are making a conscious decision, tabulating the cost/benefit of having the kid versus working a desk job.
I also think there are more viruses floating around due to more travel, but that is my armchair opinion.
> So why are these types of services exploding in real terms, but haircuts and food and personal trainers and massages and mechanics and other types of services are not?
I don’t know what constitutes exploding, but the price of un-scalable labor services have increased a lot. Some might be more than others, but US wage data indicates that the lowest quintiles have experienced higher wage increases than the others in recent years.