Great post, Elicia, I agree full heartedly. What has made things worse, is because the changeover from a sole provider-based wage structure to one based on individuals came about so quickly, we ended up with a situation where lots of individuals were basically earning the wage that was built to provide for families.

This is one of the reasons prices are so exorbitant, and why the previous generations were so wealthy compared to the present. They basically got to reap the benefits of the changeover from a sole provider based wage, to an individual based wage.

So in effect, the previous generation basically were earning enough on their single waged to provide for a family, but were spending that money mostly on themselves. This means effectively, they were awash with cash, the net effect being, they pushed the prices of everything, from houses, to necessities, the holidays, the cars commented this comment at that, to everything, out of reach for the average person. Far more so than if the changeover had happened more slowly.

It's a crazy paradox, but if you add this to the reality that a world of single people need a lot more homes than a world of families, it becomes very clear why houses and children are so out of reach. Double the amount of people chasing the same amount of homes, and several times over the amount of people spending their money on themselves, and not their children.

A recipe for the world we now have. Great post again, Elicia, thanks for sharing!