Public school grade school and high school are almost free. The bad side is it can be a bad ratio between teachers and students. if there are budget problems the programs for students can be cut and short cuts done. The other bad side is that the students are not all good since it’s free. Occasionally, there is the sort that would later go to jail and become violent criminals in it since they are mandated to go to school till they turn 18. But cheap and there are still a good number that get into better schools when they go into college
Private preschool is about 200 to 500 per month. Based on those prices you can just imagine how much private school is for the higher grades. It is very expensive. That’s the problem these days – education’s taken for granted, some don’t even value it and think it’s just a waste of time because they think more of their friends and their teacher, whether they like the person or not; and less of the material they need to get into their brains so they’ll manage life and society better when they “grow up”.
I live in the SaltLakevalley and have found that rates correspond to housing prices. On the west side of the valley, the homes are cheaper per square footage and the rate is as low as $1/hr (ridiculous IMNSHO). Where I live on the east side I pay $2/hr for a junior high age sitter and $2.50 – $3/hr for high school age. The nanny is making more than $5/hr, but that’s her full-time job, she has experience, and she is in her twenties. If you go farther east up I-80 to Park City, the rates jump to $4+ per hour. Of course, up there you pay a minimum of $200k for a 3 bedroom house. I should mention that childcare jobs pay more up there as well (like $250/wk).
If women have a “lock” on the childcare jobs (a 90% rate of awarding child custody to women reflects this) and on the “educational slots” that permit them to stay at home if they choose, then should we implement affirmative action for men? Unfortunately, there *aren’t* such “educational slots”. People don’t really learn how to parent. Most mothers (as well as fathers) often feel ill-equipped for the job. There aren’t really any educational programs (Home Ec is pretty negligible) for this purpose.
It makes a certain amount of theoretical sense, and, yes, you’re off-base on this. First, parents (or other guardians) have a joint full responsibility for the child. If they agree on a 50-50 split, and one of them (for any reason) does only 25 percent of the work at a given time, the other one can’t just stand back and say, “I’m doing my 50 percent.” The _work_ may be split 50-50, but the _responsibility_ is split 100-100. I just don’t see it making sense, socially, legally, or in any other real-world way, for an employer to be in a position to say, “Yes, your child has a high fever, but we think your spouse should take a sick day instead, so the kid’s just going to have to sit home alone and uncared for.”
I had my son 10 weeks ago today, and was supposed to return to work full-time 3 days ago. As the time approached, however, I just couldn’t do it. I was a third grade teacher this past year, but I worked in child care most of the last 9 years before that, so I thought I could go back to that field and take my baby with me, but none of the centers I applied at were willing to agree to that, so here I am at home. I had the experience of caring for children 6 weeks through 16 years in different environments, and I saw many “DI” families where the kid was a minor consideration.
Anyone applying for paid or volunteer work with children in NSW will have their lives scrutinized under new employment screening rules. About 100,000 people will be subject to the rules, which are believed to be a world first. They will apply not only to teachers and child-care workers, but also to school bus drivers, football coaches and school gardeners who have unsupervised contact with children. Under the two-tier system, no-one convicted of a sexual assault or child abuse crime carrying a penalty of 12 months or more will be allowed to work with children, whether paid or as a volunteer.
If your childcare provider is a bad one, even if she tries to play to the camera, you will eventually catch something. You don`t need to say when you`ll be taping or even where the camera is, just let her know it’s an ongoing possibility for your own peace of mind. If she has nothing to hide she should have no objections and if she does, she probably would not be someone you`d be happy with anyway.
Child care providers want the Government to change the Employment Relations Bill – and National has promised to fight to get them excluded from the Bill, Opposition Industrial Relations spokesperson Max Bradford said today. ”Providers of home based child care are calling on the Government to exclude them from the dependent contractor provisions in the Bill. “But so far the Government has turned a deaf ear. National will ensure the Government gets the message of concern. ”We are getting extensive feedback from our 40,000 plus mail out of a flyer on the Employment Relations Bill and it isn’t only small business who is worried about the impact on their livelihoods.
There are plans for childcare jobs. Full employment doesn’t mean that there is an unemployment rate of 0 per cent. It means that there is no permanent, structural unemployment. Companies will still close or shrink while other open or expand in a full employment economy. Workers will still leave one job and look for another for a variety of good reasons, and that will often involve an adjustment period without work, eased by unemployment insurance.
Finding nannies in the country is a hit and miss affair. Anyone can call themself a nanny, whether qualified or not, if they look after children in their own home. Some nannies are excellent, committed and professional. Others may be drop-outs from childcare courses, or girls with no real idea what they want to do with their lives. We may have a national nanny register eventually, but until then you must rely on reputable agencies - look up local ones when you arrive – and your own judgment. *Always* follow up references yourself by telephone – agencies are supposed to do this but don’t always. See prospective nannies a couple of times, and see how they relate to your children before you decide. Personally, I would avoid using a very young nanny for sole charge duties. A young woman straight from college has no real idea what it can be like to be with children all day, and may be less able to find support networks for herself. A woman of 25 or so will be more together, more experienced in life and more resourceful.
