I agree that children getting diseases at daycare is a significant problem. You didn’t mention it, but this also means parents get sick more via their kids.
Many arguments about daycare are motivated reasoning because it’s personally necessary, or because of ideology: “enabling more women in the workforce is good and therefore things that enable that can’t be bad”.
The strongest motivated reasoning comes from cases where you feel obligated to do something. If it’s locked in, you may as well cope about it, rather than continuing to negatively think about it.
The few recent times I‘ve gotten sick it’s been when I visited my dad’s kids. I didn’t think about it until now, but I’m going to see if I can meet them in outdoor gatherings instead.
I agree that children getting diseases at daycare is a significant problem. You didn’t mention it, but this also means parents get sick more via their kids.
Many arguments about daycare are motivated reasoning because it’s personally necessary, or because of ideology: “enabling more women in the workforce is good and therefore things that enable that can’t be bad”.
Or “fewer people would have babies without day care and therefore things that enable that can’t be bad.”
The strongest motivated reasoning comes from cases where you feel obligated to do something. If it’s locked in, you may as well cope about it, rather than continuing to negatively think about it.
The few recent times I‘ve gotten sick it’s been when I visited my dad’s kids. I didn’t think about it until now, but I’m going to see if I can meet them in outdoor gatherings instead.