Comments on: Childcare, guilt and the working parent http://skepticlawyer.com.au/2007/11/childcare-guilt-and-the-working-parent/ Two lawyers on law, legislation and liberty. And other stuff. Thu, 20 Nov 2008 12:02:18 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Jim Belshaw http://skepticlawyer.com.au/2007/11/childcare-guilt-and-the-working-parent/#comment-11555 Jim Belshaw Wed, 28 Nov 2007 18:55:31 +0000 http://legalsoapbox.wordpress.com/2007/11/22/childcare-guilt-and-the-working-parent/#comment-11555 It is difficult, LE. When our girls were the same age, we were both working, so tried both long child care and nannies. You just have to do the best you can. Kids are pretty robust. The key thing is love and security. There is also a plus. For a number of reasons, I don't think that kids today have quite the same ordinary daily opportunity to meet, mix and match with others. Child care is actually a substitute for this. It is difficult, LE. When our girls were the same age, we were both working, so tried both long child care and nannies. You just have to do the best you can.

Kids are pretty robust. The key thing is love and security. There is also a plus. For a number of reasons, I don’t think that kids today have quite the same ordinary daily opportunity to meet, mix and match with others. Child care is actually a substitute for this.

]]> By: blonde canadian http://skepticlawyer.com.au/2007/11/childcare-guilt-and-the-working-parent/#comment-11556 blonde canadian Wed, 28 Nov 2007 05:42:55 +0000 http://legalsoapbox.wordpress.com/2007/11/22/childcare-guilt-and-the-working-parent/#comment-11556 Aww, LE, that's got to hurt. I'm sorry. Hope it gets easier for both you and the little one (who is sounding more and more charming by the day!). And as for the marking - I was always a glutton for punishment and would try to get them all done in one go. The first would have incisive comments, the last inevitably just a tick or cross! Aww, LE, that’s got to hurt. I’m sorry. Hope it gets easier for both you and the little one (who is sounding more and more charming by the day!).

And as for the marking - I was always a glutton for punishment and would try to get them all done in one go. The first would have incisive comments, the last inevitably just a tick or cross!

]]> By: armagnac esq http://skepticlawyer.com.au/2007/11/childcare-guilt-and-the-working-parent/#comment-11558 armagnac esq Tue, 27 Nov 2007 02:10:41 +0000 http://legalsoapbox.wordpress.com/2007/11/22/childcare-guilt-and-the-working-parent/#comment-11558 It's a hearbreaking concept. The hidden factor in this debate/issue is the mortgage. Until we stopped looking for a house I couldn't go to a 4 day week. I wonder just how much we pay for our inbuilt need to buy houses. I would prefer we covered most of her days, but on the other hand I think there are some life and people skills to be gained for them at a decent child care. I think we lean towards actually wanting her to go, at some point, even if we had ample cover from family. It’s a hearbreaking concept.

The hidden factor in this debate/issue is the mortgage. Until we stopped looking for a house I couldn’t go to a 4 day week. I wonder just how much we pay for our inbuilt need to buy houses.

I would prefer we covered most of her days, but on the other hand I think there are some life and people skills to be gained for them at a decent child care. I think we lean towards actually wanting her to go, at some point, even if we had ample cover from family.

]]> By: Lad Litter http://skepticlawyer.com.au/2007/11/childcare-guilt-and-the-working-parent/#comment-11557 Lad Litter Sun, 25 Nov 2007 11:22:52 +0000 http://legalsoapbox.wordpress.com/2007/11/22/childcare-guilt-and-the-working-parent/#comment-11557 My main memory of our three in early childcare was how they caught EVERY childhood ailment in the first six months. And how they'd eat their lunch, TLOML would get the recipe, cook it at home, and then they wouldn't eat it! My main memory of our three in early childcare was how they caught EVERY childhood ailment in the first six months. And how they’d eat their lunch, TLOML would get the recipe, cook it at home, and then they wouldn’t eat it!

]]> By: Bruce http://skepticlawyer.com.au/2007/11/childcare-guilt-and-the-working-parent/#comment-11553 Bruce Fri, 23 Nov 2007 02:20:41 +0000 http://legalsoapbox.wordpress.com/2007/11/22/childcare-guilt-and-the-working-parent/#comment-11553 It's often like that for first year reception kids for some reason. But not kindy. I guess there is a gap period between the two anxieties of abandonment and stranger danger. It’s often like that for first year reception kids for some reason. But not kindy.

I guess there is a gap period between the two anxieties of abandonment and stranger danger.

]]> By: Cath http://skepticlawyer.com.au/2007/11/childcare-guilt-and-the-working-parent/#comment-11554 Cath Thu, 22 Nov 2007 20:11:09 +0000 http://legalsoapbox.wordpress.com/2007/11/22/childcare-guilt-and-the-working-parent/#comment-11554 Well, as someone else once wrote words to the effect of; All the career women get drunk on a friday night and cry in a heap on the kitchen floor about how they don't have a family and babies, and all the wives with kids get drunk on a friday night and cry in a heap on the kitchen floor about how they don't have a independent life of their own and a career.... Far better to be somewhere in between I'd say! Well, as someone else once wrote words to the effect of;

All the career women get drunk on a friday night and cry in a heap on the kitchen floor about how they don’t have a family and babies, and all the wives with kids get drunk on a friday night and cry in a heap on the kitchen floor about how they don’t have a independent life of their own and a career….

Far better to be somewhere in between I’d say!

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