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Who will look after my children. (Childcare in general)

emma150

Member Name: emma150

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Childcare in general
Date: 26/02/01 (47 review reads)
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Advantages: You will make a better living for your child/children.

Disadvantages: None.

I am returning to work tomorrow after six months and was worried about who would have my children I dont trust nannys so i needed someone who I knew ,and who my children knew. I will be working on an evening and my partner(yes I have one)works shifts which makes it awkward,after careful consideration, I decided my partner would have them one week and my friend the following week I trust this friend because she has eight children and grandkids also I grew up with this womens children. I cant understand when people say they cannot get a babysitter or there is no jobs because if you look hard enough there is always a job for you if you want a job that bad then you will find one . I am doing this for my children to give them a better living.

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sue.51

- 02/05/01

Congratulations for having the commitment to go out to work to provide a better environment for your children. Sadly, what you say, there are always jobs around, and always reliable childcare are not always the case. When my daughter was young, I paid for childcare as my mother was not in brilliant health, but I knew I always had my parents there as back-up support, and boy did I use this at times.

My daughter is now in comprehensive school, last week my mother had a heart attack totally unexpectedly, she is 66, a size 12 and doesn't smoke. This has put me in a situation where I can no longer take my parents for granted (I never realised how much).

Although both my partner and I now earn excellent wages, which affords us a good lifestyle, I am the major breadwinner, and my job involves often long hours, and a lot of travelling, I am also studying for an MBA. He works flexi-time, and is therefore very supportive with child-care, but if my daughter had been younger, I really do not believe now that I would have been able to continue with my role without his support. If this had all happened before I met him, I wonder how I would have managed. Childminders have rules which do not allow them to care for children outside certain times, as do nurseries.

I returned to work when my daughter was a 'babe in arms' Before I became a manager, I used to be highly critical of women who stated that they couldn't work because of the children, but dealing with, in particular, single parents with young children, and seeing the problems they often encounter, I am these days far more sympathetic, sadly not all companies and managers are.

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sammi1

- 26/02/01

I think it is good that you are going back to work and that you can rely on your partner and a family friend who you trust, but many people cant find anyone to look after their kids. All my family work and as you know my partner works away a lot, so I am finding it soo hard to find childcare who I can trust. I am going to university this year so I can get a good job and provide for my family, but till then the jobs I could get would probably just about cover childcare costs, so what can I do?!!


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