Do grandparents get money from state to look after their grand children?

raq

summerof0763 wrote: »

to be honest grandparents should get money for looking after the grandkids, but they don't x

I paid my mum for 5 years to look after my little girl. Worth every penny aswell.

Sadly not many out there who does though

maman

summerof0763 wrote: »

to be honest grandparents should get money for looking after the grandkids, but they don't x

That could start a thread on whether it's appropriate to be paid for looking after your own flesh and blood but it's a can of worms I don't want to open!

And breathe......

pattycake

I do it for love. Love for my daughter and a desire to help her financially and of course love for my grandchildren. The pre-school years are actually really short and the child is never really quite "mine" once they have gone to school. I do get school holidays off though as my daughter is a teacher!

peachyprice

maman wrote: »

That could start a thread on whether it's appropriate to be paid for looking after your own flesh and blood but it's a can of worms I don't want to open!

And breathe......

It's not different though is it, if people think it's wrong to pay grandparents to look after their own flesh and blood then there's no reason to expect the state to either. They can't have it both ways.

custardy

pollypenny wrote: »

It's just cost us £1700 to look after our baby grandson for a month: airfare and car hire.

It's worth every penny.

Where did you send him?

maman

maman wrote: »

That could start a thread on whether it's appropriate to be paid for looking after your own flesh and blood but it's a can of worms I don't want to open!

And breathe......

peachyprice wrote: »

It's not different though is it, if people think it's wrong to pay grandparents to look after their own flesh and blood then there's no reason to expect the state to either. They can't have it both ways.

I don't expect it to happen either way.

peachyprice

maman wrote: »

I don't expect it to happen either way.

No, me neither, but clearly some people do

squirrelchops

Could be if Social Services 'place' the child with the Grandparents rather than the child going into Local Authority care. Grandparents could have been assessed as foster carers.