[edu]

We already have daycare and schools, that take care of kids for 8h. And then there's the thing that usually parents like to spend time with their children.

It would be simply better (probably harder) to improve society so one could have a great work-life balance.

[lostmsu]

I think parents don't usually like to spend time with their children. I imagine that's the reason why a lot of people are childless these days. If your work and/or hobbies are very exciting, spending time with children is a downgrade.

[graemep]

Most people do not have such exciting work or hobbies, and most parents love spending time with their children.

I can understand people with really fascinating jobs that they care about deeply making that decision, but very few people have such great jobs or hobbies. Yes, if you are an academic, or a monk/nun, or something else you deeply believe in, but for most people there is very little that is more rewarding than having children.

[koakuma-chan]

> And then there's the thing that usually parents like to spend time with their children.

As another commenter pointed out, I don’t have children, and don’t plan to ever have children, so I may not have the full picture here.

But spending time with their children seems to be just a selfish want of parents, and not something that is beneficial to children themselves. I think people need to think of their children first, and not only of themselves.

[eudamoniac]

I'm not sure if this is sarcasm, but parents spending time with children is very important to the children. For example, it generally leads to better outcomes for a child to remain with their meth addict parents or their occasionally homeless parents or their violent drunk parents, than for the child to enter foster care. Being away from parents is just that bad.

Homeschooled children, also, have higher educational attainments on average, by a lot. I think you'll find that if you come up with your own proxy measurement for this question it will also point towards more parent time being better.