Comments | ontd_political: State cuts to child care force some parents, especially single moms, to consider quitting work

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State cuts to child care force some parents, especially single moms, to consider quitting work

Dec 30, 2011 01:35

OXNARD, Calif. - Sarah Comito rolls out of bed before dawn most days and slips quietly out of her house. Before her rambunctious toddler wakes up, she heads off to work as a waitress in an upscale weight-loss resort in Malibu.

The hour-long commute is exhausting, but the 33-year-old is thankful to make the trip when she remembers where she and her ( Read more... )

economy, fuckery, parents, women, family values, america fuck yeah, tree surgery, children

Comments 11

xforge December 30 2011, 18:11:20 UTC

Yup, they saved a whole $100,000 killing that program. Now the oil companies and people who rip up forests and rip giant holes in the ground can have another $100 billion in tax cuts.

poetic_pixie_13 December 30 2011, 20:50:22 UTC

This seems like good policy.

*goes to punch something*

versinae December 30 2011, 20:57:42 UTC

On a $10 hourly wage, she said she’d be better off quitting her job and staying home with her son while her husband works as a professional tree cutter.

What, no tree surgery tag? ;)

*insert thoughtful comment here about how not funding childcare is cutting off one's nose to spite one's face*

coryrain December 31 2011, 05:11:20 UTC

I am this person. My husband works a full time job and I worked full time as well. My daughter was born in 2009 and I had her grandmother watch her for free with the understanding that when she became too much of a handful that she would go to daycare.
The good quality daycares in my area would have cost me almost my entire months pay. I quit my job and stayed home with my daughter. I now babysit my friends two children at nearly half the cost of putting them in daycare. This has been a win win situation for us. I can't imagine what we would be doing if I didn't have this income, much less how my friend would be able to afford daycare for 2 kids.

romp December 31 2011, 07:41:33 UTC

I consider this the norm. It sounds like improvements were made a few years ago and are now being undone.

It's stupid. I'd like every child to spend her early years with a parent but the gov't it a long way from funding that. That would involve longterm thinking about how much the US could be improved by educated parents with a support network and children getting their needs met. Instead, women are forced to spend 12 hours between work and transportation to go to a job that results in a net loss of income. *sputter*