I know special needs places are difficult to come by but my high needs disabled child literally wouldn’t be able to attend school unless she had a place there and I know many parents are left having to homeschool due to this. I think you’re lucky that your children are able to learn in this environment with the right support in place.
Nobody has made any comments about your situation or your child. I agree the provision for disabled children is shocking. This thread isn't even about disabled children so why are you derailing it repeatedly? Have you any useful advice for the OP's situation, where she wants to work more and is struggling to find childcare for a child without disabilities? Or are you here solely to attack other mothers?
I'm not interested in a competition about who has the most disabled child, yours may well have more significant disabilities than mine. Does that, in your view, justify you telling me that my children have "grown up in childcare" or have a "sad unloving existence" or tell me I haven't "been here for them when they needed me". Do you take the same view of fathers who work when their children are under school age? You should be thoroughly ashamed of yourself.
the reason I’m being picky with you is because you insinuated that women who choose to work minimal hours are sponging off the tax payer. Maybe if governments weren’t spending billions on needless wars then 6 month old babies wouldn’t have to be in crèches and women like yourself wouldn’t have to be guilted and forced back into work juggling everything with such precious little ones to think of. I don’t think it’s the few who work part time that are responsible for your high taxes and it’s unfair for you to have suggested that. Which is why I’m sticking up for those women.
I don't think that it's fair to expect other taxpayers to fund a very part time/ non-working parent for every child until they are 4/5, no. It's simply not feasible, no matter what you do with tax rates. And if everybody works the minimum they possibly can per the benefit rules and expects others to "top up" their income when there are no disabilities and they could easily work more this also means that others are forced to pay higher taxes to fund this and therefore have less time with their own families. That is not fair. Don't you think time with their "precious little ones" is also important?
There is a lot wrong with our economic structure and tax system and I raise this repeatedly on different threads but that doesn't excuse abdicating responsibility for paying your fair share just because you can get away with it if there are no health/ disability issues in the mix.
That is what I objected to: the comments from some posters (not the OP!! She clearly stated she wants to work more and her problem is with finding suitable work/ childcare, which is what most posts other than yours have tried to focus on helping with) that all children should have a state funded parent staying at home with them until they are four or five. I'd love to know your proposals on how this would be paid for. Cutting the defence budget wouldn't cut it, I'm afraid.
Your posts have been deeply unpleasant and anything but supportive of women who are struggling in difficult situations. More like some kind of competitive misery and a hatred of mothers who work. In addition to providing no useful help whatsoever to the OP as far as I can see.
Now kindly stop tagging me and go and bother someone else.