23%
At the moment, what are your actual childcare arrangements? 20%
19%
12% 9% 9% 4% 2%
Parent at home
Other family member e.g. grandparent
1% Nanny 1% Au pair Child minder
Before/ after
school club
Part-time nursery
Full time nursery
A mixture of all to the left
Does not apply
I personally pay minimum of £1500 per month in childcare, which is only a few hundred short of my income as a single parent.
Childminder, friends and my sons Nanny all look after my son at times. It’s unsettling for him and stressful for me.
Nanny is perfect, dedicated care for my 2 boys but VERY expensive, about half of my take home pay.
We are still not geared up for 2 parents serving.
It is a constant juggling act and stressful - it affects my ability to deliver in work as I am constantly worried about one of them being sick. CarillionAmey would not give us a 4 bed house as they said the children could share and the au pair could have the third bedroom. Despite me sending them the JSP reference they would not budge, which means grandparents cannot come and stay or visit.
We are only entitled to a 2 bed so unable to arrange for an au pair. We have disputed this issue but lost. We both work out of hours and struggle for childcare.
An RAF- aligned nursery should be exemplary at understanding our needs and not charge a penalty fee if we are 15 mins late for a pick up. Once again, the overwhelming impression is that the service still has an attitude that ‘dependant’ spouses do the child care. Even the word dependant gives away this outmoded view.
Special needs children are harder to find care for locally so having to be in a small quarter due to only having one child makes au pair or nanny impossible.
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