Before I answer how is that the same?

2003 for me :(

I'm trying to point out how picky you are being.
Nurseries have to run at their maximum capacity or close to it to make money.
What is the ratio of staff to children at your nursery?

The 'under 2's' room at our nursery is 1:3.
So at £30 a child, that's £180 a day income.
Minimum wage must see them earn £60 each per day, so that is £120 straight out the door. Then they provide food, drink, lighting, heating, insurance, clean linen for when they nap.
It isn't difficult to work out.
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I understand why it may feel rubbish having to pay for something you are not using, but in reality, you are.

I've already stated I see this point A few days ago Chris


I was replying to the nugget who thinks im moaning about having children and how expensive they are.

We'd love another but we cannot finicially afford to do so we're going to wait.

Love the comment about mums should stay at home and dads go out and work.

I had my daughter when I was 21, partner was 20. She earnt around £6-7k more than me at the time and she was only part time... So we made the decision that I would stay at home and she would go to work.

It worked out that our income would be near enough the same whether I went to work or stayed at home, so it was a no brainer really. I also built up a massive bond with my daughter, spent as much time as I could teaching her everything I could and now she's excelling at school, especially in Maths.

I was a stay at home dad until daughter turned 3 and now I work 36 hours a week and mrs works 24.

My best mate was on the dole up until a month or two ago. He was extremely open about what benefits him and his mrs got and due to him living in his mums old house, he lives rent free etc leaving him with about £700 disposable income a month. Not bad for sitting on your a*se doing nothing???????

It did make my blood boil because he would brag about buying new 50" 3d tv's etc, which even I can't afford/justify.

Not intended to, I said it like the fact the cost of bringing up your two kids is already being paid for by others. Why should you not shoulder the main part of it, like childcare costs if you both go to work?

I take what we're entitled to, and pay the tax I should, as does my wife. I'm not no moaning about having to pay for all the other costs associated with them though.

If a nursery didn't charge when a child wasn't there, then they'd probably either go broke because people would take them out a lot more than they said they would, or drastically put up charges to cover the fact they have less income per day. Either option I'd imagine would annoy you too.

Child care costs are a joke - my wife used to work full time and when we did the costs she would of been working for £5 a day so made sense to give up work she now works part time when I come home so we avoid any fees apart from my daughters nursery days (2 days a week) as already said you cant put a price on the bond if your a stay at home mum or dad.

in Jan we qualify for the 16 hours free so thats not too bad for my 3 year old

even now with a 2nd child we get nothing what makes me laugh is family alowance is less for the 2nd child (do they cost less or something :mad:)

kids are bloody expensive especially when you split up from the ex,i currantly pay £70 per week for my two kids :(

£70 is that all

Yeah it's for child maintaince

So £35 per child per week? That's your only real financial commitment to your kids if you were that way inclined?

I wouldn't complain :lol1:

Oh boo ****ing hoo. :rolleyes: