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Originally Posted by Sundae Girl
John Adams I think you missed the point. I don't know the exact situation, but my reading of the post suggests Australia pays child benefit. In order to claim this benefit, parents of children OF SCHOOL AGE must work 20 hours a week. In no way does this force children into daycare.
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Rereading her post I don't think that is the only thing I misssed, but hey, I never claimed to be perfect.
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Originally Posted by Sundae Girl
But that's my decision if and when it happens, and it's my hypothetical child. You can't have it both ways. You can't rant about the Govt telling you how to raise your own children and then try and tell other people how to raise theirs.
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You are absolutely right, it is hypocritical of me to tell others how to raise their children. I have a very low opinion of day care in general, I just can't see them providing the love and attention to the child that the child needs. I know there are some day care workers out there that truly care. My wife had worked at one when we first got married and she gets instantly attached to every child, it tore her apart working there every day and seeing what went on, and this was supposed to have been one of the better ones. BUt I truly believe that children need to be raised by their parents. What bothered me most about the original post was how the mother came across as more upset about not being able to enjoy her latte then being upset that the child was in day care, it would tear me apart if my kids were in day care, I would feel like a complete failure.