Grandmother childminding please help

LondonDiva

redrooney wrote: »

The whole idea of having a family is to spend as much time as possibe with your kids ,

The other idea of having a family is the fact that you and no one else is responsible for them - to quote my brother, if you can't feed them...

However, in this instance you are not actually asking about benefit entitlement, but seeking advice about how to commit a potential fraud.

Oldernotwiser

redrooney wrote: »

its 4 years and between 30-40 hours per week

No college course is 30/40 hours per week, even with private study and at degree level.

In fact, you could do a degree in CAD in 3 years, fully funded (including help with childcare) which might be a better option for you.

bestpud

ONW makes a good point. Have you fully explored your options as there is funding for HE level courses?

If you received student finance, you'd have help with childcare and would be able to stop working and still gain practical experience from your friend...?

If you need qualifications to get into uni, there is various ways of doing that.

Would it be an idea to speak with a career advisor?

Penny-Pincher!!

If you're unable to fund your childcare whilst wanting to study, then maybe you should rethink your options.

There are evening classes, so your partner and parent could help support you without costing extra money and you would still be available for chilcare through the day. Or maybe do the course part time, so fewer hours weekly.

PP

DaisyFlower

redrooney wrote: »

i dont think you know what your talking about ! if you knew how much work is needed for the coarse i am thinking of taking ,and do you know how hard it is to look after twins and then to do another 16 hours work on top ,i dont think so ,its been hard anouth 2 of us looking after the twins ,so before shouting your mouth off ,get your facts straight ,im far from a scrounger ,ive worked everyday of my working life until getting my injury !! !!!!!

Imagine having to work part time and then look after your children around that - oh now wait its what millions of parents do every day, many full time, in order to support and feed the children they choose to have.

As for "The whole idea of having a family is to spend as much time as possibe with your kids" you're not working so have all day every day with them yet still send them to your parents two days a week so pot kettle black.

I doubt any course is full time for 4 years, even a degree doesnt last that long.

themonkeybutler

redrooney wrote: »

The whole idea of having a family is to spend as much time as possibe with your kids ,

And expecting the tax payer to pay for you to do this? No. Just no.

Duncombe

redrooney wrote: »

No ,i wont go to college ,i will look after my own kids as no help is put in place

A concerning statement. You sound like you feel put out by having to look after your OWN children....

redrooney wrote: »

dont know why i have i would have to work 16 hours a week ,when i would be going to college full time !! :mad:

Because thems the rules...

Daisy - Degrees can be that long (infact some are longer), but you're right. Given the OP's apparent lack of English skills it would seem doubtful that they are looking to undertake one. Also, they used the word 'college' not 'University'.

AnxiousMum

redrooney wrote: »

its 4 years and between 30-40 hours per week

What type of course is this? Even going into biomed science, my son is looking at about 30 contact hours the first term, but this will dwindle down to about 12 by the end of his first year.

Penny-Pincher!!

redrooney wrote: »

its 4 years and between 30-40 hours per week

Most Undergraduate degrees are 3 years full-time and require 12-18hrs actual study time on campus. The rest of the hours are made up of home study which would mean that you could still look after your own children.

If your parent is already looking after them for 2 days unpaid, it really wouldnt be many more hours that you would be away from home and if you spoke with tutors etc and explained the predicament, they may come up with advice and suggestions.

An academic year is so short anyway and you would be available to look after your children through the holidays as you would be off also.

You could make it work no problem, but you have to be willing to put the time and effort into it.

PP

Indie_Kid

Penny-Pincher!! wrote: »

An academic year is so short anyway and you would be available to look after your children through the holidays as you would be off also.

This depends entirely on the college. With mine, it was no different to the hours that wre at my old school - except it was only 3 days and not 5. We also had haf terms and the Christmas nad Easter holidays.

With uni, it was completely different. There was no half trm ("reading week") and the days were sometimes longer.