Hooray! Happy May Day and Happy Thursday. Once again my favorite Pompom women have written so well about parenthood.
After reading and digesting your post, I’m convinced that you are ready to take over the Federal Budget. You succinctly laid out the true costs of having a child, and that’s only the beginning. Besides $5000 being a ridiculously insufficient amount, offering it as an incentive is obscene. Children are a choice made between partners, not a purchase. Thank you for a thoughtful and informative post.
I have one child, I want to have a second, and I have been agonizing over the timing. I'm a contract worker, chasing a full time position to have benefits, and even though my husband accepted a staff job recently, the healthcare costs are so atrocious that we are still on our open market plan of over $20k/year for our family. And then, daycare costs us a similar amount per year, and taxes only gave us a $600 childcare credit.... for the whole year. Completely frustrating and unsustainable. This administration is literally holding us back from having more kids.
Hooray! Happy May Day and Happy Thursday. Once again my favorite Pompom women have written so well about parenthood.
After reading and digesting your post, I’m convinced that you are ready to take over the Federal Budget. You succinctly laid out the true costs of having a child, and that’s only the beginning. Besides $5000 being a ridiculously insufficient amount, offering it as an incentive is obscene. Children are a choice made between partners, not a purchase. Thank you for a thoughtful and informative post.
Yes thank you!! You are 100% correct in this.
I have one child, I want to have a second, and I have been agonizing over the timing. I'm a contract worker, chasing a full time position to have benefits, and even though my husband accepted a staff job recently, the healthcare costs are so atrocious that we are still on our open market plan of over $20k/year for our family. And then, daycare costs us a similar amount per year, and taxes only gave us a $600 childcare credit.... for the whole year. Completely frustrating and unsustainable. This administration is literally holding us back from having more kids.