To thinkmits a bit crazy thst 9 month old babies are in nursery for 30 hours when a parent is ionly working 16 hours

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OK far enough the parents wants some free time, do I csn see why a bit of that can be good for all,
but if your only working two days why would you want to be apart from a little baby that long? Just because its free

I mean toddlers I can understand more wanting to get away from the unreasonable ways of toddlers, but I just find this so sad and worrying for the future

I can see this inthe future.....baby's collected by the government after birth, geld in huge warehouses, they call nursery, next door is another warehouse where all the sick and disabled go then next-door to thst another warehouse for the elderly

Just seems so sad

Of course they aren't. They care for them during working hours.

They don't financially provide for them
They don't think about and plan for their future
They don't hold them in the night when they are poorly or have nightmares
They are long gone after the nursery years and raising a child doesn't stop there.

This will end up as SAHM vs WM. It's never about the dads. All mothers should stay at home, dedicating themselves full time to their children until all children are 11 if not older. Then return to work, in a school hour/term time role. All financlly supported by a man. And all will be well.

Ffs

Whenever I see somebody saying 'sad' on a thread now I think 'fuckwit, possible maga, right wing etc'.

This 💯 thank you!! 🥰

No, as you said they spend it under the care of someone else, that’s not being raised by them. Simple to understand if you try.

I would say go for it 💯 here home on my own with 3 children while hubby is out today, tired and with a cold, at least in a clean house and have home cooked lunch and dinner already prepped in the fridge that I only need to heat up. The kids are loving the Christmas
tree and although I’m only half way through the Christmas shopping and wrapping etc, it’s a lot better than stressing about not having started when not even time to do the dishwasher. I tried to do December one year without any additional childcare, with everything there is to do and all the illness etc and almost
had a breakdown 😩
We don’t have much money at all but the £20 we spend on an extra morning of childcare is priceless, think I’d even skip lunches for it, it makes the world of difference to the rest of the week and I will never not book a week’s leave in early December again

I work two days a week (16 hours). With commute time and I need nursery care from 8-5pm. I work 8.30am-4.30pm.

Nursery is only a short drive from work but traffic is so terrible it often takes almost the full half hour.

My child’s nursery stretches their funding all year round so 30 hours works out to about 22 hours a week. My child attends for 18 hours a week leaving 4 hours of unclaimed “free” hours available. I still have to pay for his meals and consumables charges and my bill is still around £150 a month when using tax free childcare.

I couldn’t afford to work a third day even if I wanted to. By the time I’ve paid for commuting costs, parking, a half days private nursery fees, consumable charges and nursery meals it would be more than I had earned in that day. My child is three and his nursery charges much higher private fees for 1 year olds too.

I can’t see how many could afford to send their 9 month old to nursery full time when they’re only working two days a week.

Did the kid not have a dad?

I have a full time nursery place for my baby although I only work 4 days a week! Half the time I keep him off with me but sometimes I send him and I batch cook and sort the house that day - or I do soemthing nice for myself !

we have no help /‘no family or anything near us so we how can be the only way I get things done

also I’ve had the worst sickness of my life this week and was physically unable to care for him - so nursery was a godsend - I wouldn’t have coped without it

zero guilt here

you are super judgmental op and don’t know anyone’s circumstances