whufc wrote:Lightning McQueen wrote:whufc wrote:. When you take into account the reduction of our childcare costs due to the house income reducing, we are only $80 a week worse off. Now we aren't rich by any means but $80 to completely have our weekends back is a great investment in our opinion.
Sorry, but this is a sore point with me in a lot of scenarios, I know chicks that don't work but put their kids in childcare because it costs f*** all for them, the government threw squillions at childcare when I think they should be looking after the elderly.
Cost **** all??!!!....we have our daughter in there five days a week we are paying $635 a fortnight..........my partner earns $1800 a fortnight so essentially we are $1200 a fortnight better of which is why she has worked full time since my daughters birth but its definitely not cheap.
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