In our modern society most families have both parents working. In single parent families the lone parent has no option but to work. But…who looks after the kids?
Parents looking for day care for their children have very few options;
1.) Stay at home and look after the kids
2.) Work when your partner is home to look after the kids (Now there’s a recipe for a short relationship!)
3.) Put the children into a crche, kindergarten or playgroup during working hours
4.) Find a live-in Nanny
5.) Find a childminder
6.) Hit on brothers, sisters and parents to look after the children
Staying at home with the kids sounds a good idea at first, but then you soon find that you can’t afford the most basic luxury items that your kids want. “Other kids have them why can’t I?” is the usual refrain. Adults also need other adult conversation that is not about kids, and work is the place where this is most easily found.
I know people who have tried option 2, with one partner working days and the other nights. Don’t even go there. Love life? Forget it, your relationship will soon be in...