Obviously there are often people on here who are desperate for work and whose lives don’t fit in with having a full-time job e.g. they have school-aged children etc.
The standard jobs being advised tend to be along the lines of “take in ironing/get an evening job/get a part time supermarket job.” All of which are valid although taking in ironing has become somewhat of a cliche over the years but more increasingly I have seen posters suggest to OP’s that they should become a childminder, or “have you considered fostering?
While I think it’s fair to say that most childminders do become childminders in order to fit earning a living around their own childcare needs, it definitely takes a certain kind of person to be a childminder,and a decent childminder goes through a lot of training etc to ensure they do the best job. It certainly isn’t an occupation anyone should take up on a whim or out of desperation.
Ad fostering should be seen as a vocation not an occupation. Ad while foster carers do get paid, the idea that people who are desperate for work, and money should take on fostering the most vulnerable members of society as a way o make money is awful.