TCWD Podcast: The Child-Free Zone

no kids, please, this is a [library/amusement park/hotel/pool/restaurant]

Today is a holiday in the States, so the podcast will go into regular release tomorrow — consider this a preview.

Is American culture hostile to children? With certain hotels, resorts, restaurants, and other public spaces forbidding the presence of kids, and the government ending its extremely popular pandemic-era family aid program, and the endless social media complaints about screaming children and bad parenting, yeah okay maybe. But is this a new development, or are we inventing a golden age where children were treasured and welcomed? What would a society that actually accommodated children (or women, or disabled people, or the impoverished etc etc) look like? Jessa and Nico talk about the history of feminist urban planning, the real reason no one wants to end remote work (our cities are broken), and depopulation hysteria.

Audio below (and in the usual places tomorrow). Show notes and resources after the paywall.