I have read many threads that have said that once your child starts school you should be able to back to work. Considering that schools starts about the same time as people start work in the morning and ends very early in the afternoon do many people find this is really feasable unless they work part time only during school hours.
I currently work three full days a week and my dd starts school in January and her school starting time is the same time as I start work, therefore I would have to reduce my hours of work even if she goes to afterschool care.
I will actually be on maternity leave for the first few months of her starting school so that will be easy, but if I go back to work I will have to drop the baby at the childminders, take my daughter to school and still work, pick her up from after school care and then pick baby up. There is no way I could continue working the hours I do unless I work an extra day a week which increase my child care costs and make it not feasable to work.
(I appreciate I do not live in the UK and schools may have more flexability with drop off times than where I live. Also had problems getting her into afterchool care.)
So i suppose my question is it really easy to start back or continue to work once your child starts school.
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to think your child starting school can actually make it harder to go to work not easier
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Pinkiemum · 13/09/2011 18:07
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