that's true, rising kids without any help is impossible, they are sick and you need to take unpaid days off, then there is an other issue, then house issue, then your own issue, it's a mess... without grandparents is just so hard
We have a little help from parents but i feel really sorry for people with no friends or family in the area. It must be really tough to live or else they just live for their family with one income and not much outside of that.
Wages don't go too far anymore.
With only one wage it's basically impossible to live here, and you even need 2 cards, one for each person who works... With 1 kid only and 2 wages we just make it right, 2 would not be possible