My wife went back to work for the first time yesterday since our kid was born ~9 months ago. I took a leave day to stay home with the baby so the wife didn't have to stress about leaving her in childcare on her first day at work.  I would gladly give up modern medical advances, the internet, and all the progress of the last 40 years to be able to go back to a time where you could survive as a single wage family and never have to stay home alone with my child again.