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Original poster

Just a quick question, can a single mum or indeed a couple be forced to put thier children into childcare inorder for them to go out to work?

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whoingodsnameami · 12/05/2010 21:01

Or can jobs be turned down on the fact they dont fit within school holidays?

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LaDiDaDi · 12/05/2010 21:12

If childcare is available then you should take a job imo.

toccatanfudge · 12/05/2010 21:11

I'd just like to think I'll be able to find a job when DS3 starts school that pays my bills, and childcare to go with it...........

AnnieLobeseder · 12/05/2010 21:11

Again I'll ask. What's so special about you and/or your DCs that you feel you shouldn't have to make use of childcare like the rest of us? I'll accept your reasoning if one of them has some kind of special needs, but otherwise.....

LadyBiscuit · 12/05/2010 21:10

I would like not to put my DC in childcare either. Unfortunately as I have a mortgage, that would have meant losing my home so not working wasn't an option.

Think you're being bloody precious. I don't work to support you siting on your arse most of the time because you don't 'feel comfortable' putting your school-age children into childcare

MumInBeds · 12/05/2010 21:09

Nope, they can't force you to use childcare ... but they can decide not to fund that lifestyle choice.

If you can afford to pay your own way without them then you can stay at home as much as you like.

toccatanfudge · 12/05/2010 21:09

sorry but if the childcare is avaiable for the hours of the jobs that you can do I think you should be using it.

it's a nice ideal - but not practical.

Obviously different if there's no childcare available....

Portofino · 12/05/2010 21:08

Well sometimes life is a bitch!

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whoingodsnameami · 12/05/2010 21:07

Err, I never said working parents are foced to use childcare, Im saying I would'nt feel at all comfortable putting my dc in childcare.

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AnnieLobeseder · 12/05/2010 21:05

Well, we'd all like to work school hours, but it just isn't practical for the majority of the population. By your logic, most working parents are 'forced' to use childcare of one sort or another. I wonder what makes you think you're so special that you deserve to be the exception to the rule.

Sorry, but .

compo · 12/05/2010 21:04

If you leave your job is it six months before you can claim job seekers allowance ?

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whoingodsnameami · 12/05/2010 21:04

I am on income support, twins are 6 and a boy of 9, I have to go to job centre every 6 months to justify why I am not working. I dont have a problem with working but I have a problem with putting the dc in childcare.

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LadyBiscuit · 12/05/2010 21:02

forced by who?? If your children are over a certain age, I think you have to take a job rather than claiming JSA. Is that what you mean?

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whoingodsnameami · 12/05/2010 21:01

School hours sorry, not holidays.

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