So I've namechanged and this is my 2nd thread this afternoon, penis beaker, cancel the cheque etc before someone says im goading. This is a genuine query.
I bumped into a friend at softplay she has two under 2.5 years old. She was a teacher and husband in the army and her kids were in nursery 1 day a week and she worked part time. It was difficult with her husband needing to be away at time and travelling etc so she decided to quit work. She now puts her kids for 3 days a week in nursery and 85% is paid for by the government (how she phrased it - no idea what that really means) and they are also better off financially by 'hundreds of pounds' a month.
I'm soon to be made redundant from my work at home flexible job and I'm looking for something else. I have a 4 year old at school and 1 year old at nursery and a mortgage.
My husband takes home £1900 a month, so similar to my friends husband, working full time. We have savings of less than 6k and get no other benefits, our nursery bill is £700 per month.
'Entitled to' says we are only eligible for child benefit if I stop work and nothing else. It would be impossible to live on that and I'm just confused as to how the system seems to work for one family than the other. Can anyone explain it? I am confused if i put something wrong on the forms. Thanks.