I was moved by this article. Thanks for sharing. As a Dad of two, I find the financial pressures increasingly difficult. I feel at times as if policy is actively working against parents. I realise it's a choice to have children but a falling birth rate is not a good outcome for anyone.
Why can’t parents pay for childcare from pre-tax income? Why does the Government increase the no of childcare hours without appreciating that nurseries are struggling to break even on the existing entitlement. Nurseries will struggle even more to meet new entitlement, resulting in fewer places available which puts even more pressure on access to existing childcare provision or forces one parent to take a career break, neither of which are financially palatable and act as a break on having a/nother child.
Really helpful to have this laid out. It's becoming more clear that one of the greatest challenges of the second half of this century will be under-population. We will look back and be amazed at how little money we spent on encouraging and enabling people to have (more) children!
I was moved by this article. Thanks for sharing. As a Dad of two, I find the financial pressures increasingly difficult. I feel at times as if policy is actively working against parents. I realise it's a choice to have children but a falling birth rate is not a good outcome for anyone.
Why can’t parents pay for childcare from pre-tax income? Why does the Government increase the no of childcare hours without appreciating that nurseries are struggling to break even on the existing entitlement. Nurseries will struggle even more to meet new entitlement, resulting in fewer places available which puts even more pressure on access to existing childcare provision or forces one parent to take a career break, neither of which are financially palatable and act as a break on having a/nother child.
Yes, keen to give people more control over the money themselves
Really helpful to have this laid out. It's becoming more clear that one of the greatest challenges of the second half of this century will be under-population. We will look back and be amazed at how little money we spent on encouraging and enabling people to have (more) children!
Yup, it's amazing how slow the conversation has changed. But things may be changing now...
What do you think of an idea to give people several years income tax free for every child they have. Seems like this would have great incentives.
Open to all suggestions at this stage!