Peanut butter sandwiches
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bless your heart. I’m tapping out cos I can’t compete with your expertise on centres you’ve had zero experience with.
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Peanut butter sandwiches
And you didn't even play an 'as a mother...' card. Shame.
Funnily enough like all adults I was once a kid, and I have plenty of kids in my life. If you want to send your kid to day care with more staff than a medium sized supermarket that's your prerogative, just don't expect anyone else to pay for it.
I don’t want people to pay for it. Where did I say that I do? I think it’s funny that you make comment on things like their menus and standards of care. It’s not just babysitting and sambos.
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It does go some way to explaining the preponderance of Mumsy social media "businesses".
If your own daily after tax take home isn't a good bit north of that, a difficult discussion time at home.
Said it before and I'll say it again: Don't know how parents do it. Glad it's not me.
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So you'd be happy to pay the full amount for the service, with no govt subsidy?
I'm not saying that all kids eat is peanut butter sandwiches, but I am saying a 'daycare centre chef' is taking the piss.
It would make financial sense for me to pay for it so I could return to work. That’s not the case for everyone.
Why is it taking the piss? She’s a qualified chef batch cooking meals (risottos, pastas, curries etc if you must know) for about 125 people, 3 times a day.
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Yes I know a lot of mums stay home because they’d only be working to pay for care.
I remember the chef at my day care back in the day, she was really good at pouring tin spaghetti into a bowl, and peeling mandarins.
That’s so dismissive.
I was a latchkey child
I had Humphrey B Bear on TV as my carer
I would go to the neighbour next door who would cook me an egg and put it on some bread when I got hungry
Quickly learnt to boil an egg at 4
It was a different time then
It was more meant to poke fun at the idea of 3 year olds getting risotto, rather than any of the ladies at my day care (who I loved)
THAT'S OKAY THEN
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From an uneducated opinion the child care thing is an interesting one.
1) Baby is born = Someone has to look after it (either parent/family etc) until it is old enough to be somewhat self sufficient say 5 years. (School etc).
Now in some cases that is not possible. Both parents have to work. Why? The insanity of property prices and rent = Problem 1. Property.
2) Now a parent could take 5 years off but it roots their career. =Problem 2 Workplace Culture and unrealistic demands. Not really much government can do about that but parents need the money leads back to 1 and COL.
Whole country not just childcare needs a reshake. And childcare could potentially be an even more valuable service in of itself. Good to get Junior out of the house, socialising etc. But as posted above the Eddie Groves just cream millions off the top. Do we need to start school earlier or offer a specialised service? Should it be subsidised? Interesting.
This Corona thing might actually shake a few things loose.
1) Baby is born = Someone has to look after it (either parent/family etc) until it is old enough to be somewhat self sufficient say 5 years. (School etc).
Now in some cases that is not possible. Both parents have to work. Why? The insanity of property prices and rent = Problem 1. Property.
2) Now a parent could take 5 years off but it roots their career. =Problem 2 Workplace Culture and unrealistic demands. Not really much government can do about that but parents need the money leads back to 1 and COL.
Whole country not just childcare needs a reshake. And childcare could potentially be an even more valuable service in of itself. Good to get Junior out of the house, socialising etc. But as posted above the Eddie Groves just cream millions off the top. Do we need to start school earlier or offer a specialised service? Should it be subsidised? Interesting.
This Corona thing might actually shake a few things loose.
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I see absolutely zero reason why childcare cannot be integrated into primary schools, along with before- and after-school care.
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ELC is gr8 m8.
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I think the younger kids need their own spaces but I also think we have the whole education and welfare system backwards.
It's all geared around making companies rich not improving the overall standard of life in this country.
It's pure $$$ that everything is measured on which is wrong.
Might be a bit rough on the babies.
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Why? Dedicated rooms/portables with sound deadening. I thinking about shared resources and economies and better, more open interaction with staff. Make it a pleasant place for kids to be and for adults to work and be recompensed fairly.
Hmm sounds like a socialist utopia.
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