My parents raised 6 kids on one salary. My husband and I can't afford one baby on 2.

A woman has described how her parents raised six children on one salary while she and her husband cannot afford one baby on two incomes. Her husband works as a physical therapist and has $100,000 in student loans, while she teaches college courses through part-time jobs without maternity leave or benefits. She said their monthly expenses leave little room for the costs of having a child. The writer, who was the oldest of six children, said she grew up in a conservative Catholic family where childbearing was framed as an essential part of their identity.

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