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On Thu, 09 Oct 1997 15:49:29 +0800, Annette <ntsoft@iinet.net.au>
wrote:

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>Question:  If families who cannot define a pattern of usage or predict
>their care needs for group payments will be paid reprospectively on
>production of receipts..... wont that put them at a disadvantage?
>
>I quote my own case.
>I work 3 nights a week, sole parent.
>One month its Fri/Sat/Sun the next its Sat/Sun/Mon.
>ok, so thats regular - but I need 2 child care centers - one for nights,
>and one for days. I still have to pay for the Tuesday day, even during
>the month I am not using it.
>
>What all this means to me, is an increase of in excess of $60 per week,
>without any additional income to show for it, and the hassle of getting
>my rebate paid retrospectively should I work 1 or more hours extra.
>I also have the hassle of trying to explain my hours of work to every
>person I speak to. 
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>
>thanks
>Annette

Hi Annette,

So you need to use child care because you are both working, well the
cost of you both having jobs is increased expenditure on child care.
Simple solutions are:

a.    Only one works,
b.    Don't have kids if you both want to work,
c.    Accept that having kids while you both work involves extra costs
      and just pay them instead of whinging.

After ny son's birth my wife said that she had no intention of staying
at home and went back to work so we just accepted that this meant
we had to pay for child care as it was part of the costs of being a
two income family, like two train fares or two cars, etc.

Ernest