When will our granddaughter’s childcare be free in NYC?

[Anonymous]

She can have another kid. Then the first kid can look after the second kid. W

[Anonymous]

It will be interesting to see how it is implemented. Seems so expensive as it's supposed to start at 6 weeks. I assume it will take at least a year?

[Anonymous]

Why does that matter? This is about free child care. She has a child.

That is like saying this: "When will gas and car maintenance be free? I already have a Lamborghini."

Translation: I chose to have something that I can't afford, and now I want someone else to pay for it.

Having children is a choice.

I asked because I would be sympathetic if, say, she had been married and her husband died and she was disabled and, due to unfortunate circumstances that were not her fault, she had to care for her child and somehow support herself as well.

I would not be sympathetic if she knew that she could not afford a child, had one anyway, and now wants the rest of us to subsidize her desire to have offspring.

[Anonymous]

Having children is not a choice in states that banned abortion.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Why does that matter? This is about free child care. She has a child.

That is like saying this: "When will gas and car maintenance be free? I already have a Lamborghini."

Translation: I chose to have something that I can't afford, and now I want someone else to pay for it.

Having children is a choice.

I asked because I would be sympathetic if, say, she had been married and her husband died and she was disabled and, due to unfortunate circumstances that were not her fault, she had to care for her child and somehow support herself as well.

I would not be sympathetic if she knew that she could not afford a child, had one anyway, and now wants the rest of us to subsidize her desire to have offspring.

She had a child before there was any talk of free childcare. She is currently paying all of her expenses. Your example is silly.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Having children is not a choice in states that banned abortion.

Having sex is a choice though, isn't it?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Having children is not a choice in states that banned abortion.

Abortion is still legal in New York.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Why does that matter? This is about free child care. She has a child.

That is like saying this: "When will gas and car maintenance be free? I already have a Lamborghini."

Translation: I chose to have something that I can't afford, and now I want someone else to pay for it.

Having children is a choice.

I asked because I would be sympathetic if, say, she had been married and her husband died and she was disabled and, due to unfortunate circumstances that were not her fault, she had to care for her child and somehow support herself as well.

I would not be sympathetic if she knew that she could not afford a child, had one anyway, and now wants the rest of us to subsidize her desire to have offspring.

How do you think social security and Medicare will be funded with a shrinking population? We should all want to support childcare assistance.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Our daughter is a single mother living in NYC. She does well, but childcare is prohibitively expensive, which limits her from saving effectively for emergencies and retirement. How long will it be before she can climb out from under the crushing burden of childcare?

When grandparents step up and provide the free childcare.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Our daughter is a single mother living in NYC. She does well, but childcare is prohibitively expensive, which limits her from saving effectively for emergencies and retirement. How long will it be before she can climb out from under the crushing burden of childcare?

When grandparents step up and provide the free childcare.

JD, is that you?

[Anonymous]

If childcare were to be truly free, I assume it will go to low income people first.

If it’s truly available to all, would your daughter even want that quality of childcare?

Where’s the baby daddy? Or was it result of a one night stand?

Is she doing her residency? Or is she a practicing doctor ? She needs to move to someplace lower cost.

[Anonymous]

Nothing is free it's a scientific fact, it has to come from somewhere

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If childcare were to be truly free, I assume it will go to low income people first.

If it’s truly available to all, would your daughter even want that quality of childcare?

Where’s the baby daddy? Or was it result of a one night stand?

Is she doing her residency? Or is she a practicing doctor ? She needs to move to someplace lower cost.

There is no baby daddy. How offensive. She used a donor.

[Anonymous]

How do you think social security and Medicare will be funded with a shrinking population?

If they can't survive a shrinking population, then these programs aren't sustainable.

[Anonymous]

New Mexico just implemented free child care with no income requirements..the problem is there arent enough providers.

https://www.nmececd.org/universal/