Childcare costs rise again

Graham_Devon

PasturesNew wrote: »

Really? Things have changed a lot, when I went to school £90.97x52 (weeks) = £4,730.44

Sorry, should have made it clearer.

The 90 quid is for all children and the average cost regardles of hours.

The 11k is for full time care for under 2's.

Carl31

Theres a pretty simple answer to childcare costs, but this country wants to have its cake and eat it as usual. If you want to have it all, then you have to pay for it simple, dont want to pay for it, put the career on hold for a few years. Personally i dont see why people have kids to then stick them in care until they get to school

shortchanged_2

Carl31 wrote: »

Theres a pretty simple answer to childcare costs, but this country wants to have its cake and eat it as usual. If you want to have it all, then you have to pay for it simple, dont want to pay for it, put the career on hold for a few years. Personally i dont see why people have kids to then stick them in care until they get to school

Well it's boils down to the fact that people either want more income to pay for more ever expensive housing or do people want to spend more quality time with their families.

Obviously the Brits would rather slave their butts off to pay for a stupid mortgage and see little of their offspring.

Carl31

shortchanged wrote: »

Well it's boils down to the fact that people either want more income to pay for more ever expensive housing or do people want to spend more quality time with their families.

Obviously the Brits would rather slave their butts off to pay for a stupid mortgage and see little of their offspring.

The silly thing is, on the average salary, after childcare costs a worker is left wit around £500 a month. They could earn that on less than half the hours of a full time job, and also raise their children

The irony is, the childcare cost problem was created by those that moan about it

Thrugelmir

smartn wrote: »

Minimum wage hasn't increased by 6% as far as I know. .

All employees are now entitled to 5.6 weeks paid holiday a year,. Assuming they work a 5 day week. 20 days plus bank holidays.

So larger nurserys have to employ more staff than used to.
To provide the required staffing level ratio of carers to children. Which increases with the lower the age.

lowlitmemory

shortchanged wrote: »

Well it's boils down to the fact that people either want more income to pay for more ever expensive housing or do people want to spend more quality time with their families.

Obviously the Brits would rather slave their butts off to pay for a stupid mortgage and see little of their offspring.

Our "stupid mortgage" might be expensive but it's a damn sight cheaper than renting here would be. Either way housing is expensive!! Of course people want to spend time with their families but unfortunately some do have to work just to keep a roof over said family's head! :mad: And some people enjoy work, perhaps it is fulfilling, interesting?

(I suppose we could move somewhere with cheaper housing... but no jobs to go to and away from our close-knit extended family... not sure how ripping my child away from his loving grandparents furthers the cause of "family"...)

Carl31

lowlitmemory wrote: »

Our "stupid mortgage" might be expensive but it's a damn sight cheaper than renting here would be. Either way housing is expensive!! Of course people want to spend time with their families but unfortunately some do have to work just to keep a roof over said family's head! :mad: And some people enjoy work, perhaps it is fulfilling, interesting?

(I suppose we could move somewhere with cheaper housing... but no jobs to go to and away from our close-knit extended family... not sure how ripping my child away from his loving grandparents furthers the cause of "family"...)

I dont think anyones work ethic or interest is being questioned, but if your essentially putting in full time hours to recieve the benefits of a part time wage, would it not make more sense to work part time hours and spend more time witb your children? If your answer to that is no, and the job is more important, then, in my opinion thats something you will have to pay for

Nikkster

It sounds as if for many people, working is a lifestyle choice...

Thrugelmir

Nikkster wrote: »

It sounds as if for many people, working is a lifestyle choice...

Until later in life they realise they are totally expendable as have served all useful purpose to their employer.

TheConways

As a woman, giving up work for 5 years would make it very tough for me to jump back into my career later on. Whilst it would be lovely to be a SAHM and raise our children with our values personally, I earn considerably more than my husband (who also does not wish to give up his career), I would likely not find another company who offers the same final salary pension benefits that my existing employer of 8 years does, and we'd probably have to downsize to a small 2-bed flat... Not exactly practical with children eh?

It's a real conundrum.

Naturally, I'm sure everyone else on this thread has all the answers...